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Grand   Encampment  of 
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of  the  United  States  of  America 

Together  With 

FORMS 

FOR  TEMPLAR  TRIALS,   CONSTITUTING  OF  NEW 

COMMANDERIES,  INSTALLATION  OF 

OFFICERS,  ETC. 


Passed  and  Adopted  at  the  31st  Triennial   Conclave,  held 
in  Chicago,  Illinois,  August  9th,  10th  and  11th,  1910. 


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Raynor  and  Taylor,  Printers 

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At  the  Triennial  Conclave  of  the  Grand  Encampment 
held  in  1907  the  Committee  on  Templar  Jurisprudence  was 
charged  with  the  duty  of  revising  the  Constitution  and 
Statutes,  and  was  directed  to  present  its  report  thereon  at 
the  31st  Triennial  Conclave.  In  accordance  with  this 
action  of  the  Grand  Encampment  the  Committee  submitted 
its  report  at  Chicago,  August  9th,  10th  and  11th,  1910. 
The  report  was  read  and  with  some  amendments  adopted 
section  by  section  and  finally  as  a  whole,  together  with  the 
Disciplinary  Rules;  Forms  for  constituting  new  Command- 
eries,  Installation  of  Officers,  Form  of  Petition  for  the 
orders,  etc. 

The  whole  report  of  the  Committee  as  amended  was 
adopted. 

By  resolution  the  members  of  the  Committee  which 
prepared  and  presented  the  report  were  instructed  to  ar- 
range and  prepare  for  publication,  the  newly  adopted  Con- 
stitution, Statutes,  Rules,  Forms,  etc.,  and  in  connection 
with  the  Committee  on  Printing,  have  the  same  printed 
and  distributed.  In  accordance  with  these  instructions, 
we  publish  the  following  as  the  Constitution  and  Statutes 
of  the  Grand  Encampment  of  Knights  Templar  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  together  with  the  Rules,  Forms, 
etc.,  named  above  and  the  Burial  Service  adopted  in  1904. 

"We  call  particular  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  fol- 
lowing are  the  only  laws  of  the  Grand  Encampment  now 
governing  in  Templar  Masonry.  All  constitutional  pro- 
visions not  included  in  this  Constitution,  and  all  laws 
heretofore  enacted,  adopted  or  approved  have  been  repealed. 

Courteously, 

BERNARD  G.  WITT, 
GEORGE  McGOWN, 
CALEB  SAUNDERS, 
LEONIDAS  P.  NEWBY, 
FREDERIC  SPEED, 

Committee. 


CONSTITUTION 

of  the 

Grand  Encampment  of  Knights  Templar 

of  the 
UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA. 


PREAMBLE. 


In  order  to  secure  greater  unity,  better  government, 
and  to  increase  the  prosperity  and  influence  of  the  Orders 
of  Christian  Masonic  Knighthood,  this  Constitution  is 
ordained  and  established. 

ARTICLE  I. 

NAME. 

Section  1.  This  body  shall  be  known  and  designated 
as  the  Grand  Encampment  of  Knights  Templar  of  the 
United  States  of  America. 

ARTICLE  II. 

OF    WHOM    COMPOSED. 

Sec.  2.    It  shall  consist  of  the  following  members: 
(A)     The  Grand  Master, 

The  Deputy  Grand  Master, 

The  Grand  Generalissimo, 

The  Grand  Captain  General, 

The  Grand  Senior  Warden, 

The  Grand  Junior  Warden, 

The  Grand  Prelate, 

The  Grand  Treasurer. 

The  Grand  Recorder, 


4  CONSTITUTION    OF    THE 

The  Grand  Standard  Bearer, 

The  Grand  Sword  Bearer, 

The  Grand  Warder, 

The  Grand  Captain  of  the  Guard ; 

the  first  nine  of  whom,  excepting  the  Grand 
Prelate,  shall  be  elected  by  ballot.  The  last 
four,  together  with  the  Grand  Prelate,  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  Grand  Master. 

(B)  All  Past  Grand  Masters, 

All  Past  Deputy  Grand  Masters, 
All  Past  Grand  Generalissimos, 
All  Past  Grand  Captains-General,  of  the  Grand 
Encampment, 

(C)  All   Past   Grand   Commanders,   of    Grand    Com- 

manderies. 

(D)  All  Grand  Commanders, 

All  Deputy  Grand  Commanders, 
All  Grand  Generalissimos,  and 
All   Grand   Captains-General,    of    each    of    the 
Grand  Commanderies. 

(E)  And  the  first  three  officers  of  each  Commandery, 

holding  its  Charter  immediately  from  the 
Grand  Encampment  of  the  United  States,  shall 
be  members,  for  the  time  being. 

(F)  Any  distinguished  Knight  Templar,  from  a  for- 

eign country,  may,  by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of 
the  members  present,  be  elected  an  Honorary 
member. 

ARTICLE  III. 

JURISDICTION. 

Sec.  3.  It  has  supreme  legislative,  judicial  and  ex- 
ecutive power  and  jurisdiction  over  the  Orders  of  the 
Red  Cross,  Knights  Templar  and  Knights  of  Malta,  in  the 
United  States  of  America  and  the  countries  over  which 
the  United  States  exercises  jurisdiction,  and  may  estab- 


CRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  5 

lish  Commanderies  in  any  country  in  which  there  is  no 
supreme  governing  hody  of  the  said  Orders,  exercising 
jurisdiction. 

Sec.  4.  All  questions  shall  be  determined  by  a  majority 
of  votes  unless  otherwise  provided.  In  case  the  vote  is 
equally  divided,  the  presiding  officer  shall  give  the  cast- 
ing vote. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

POWERS    AND    DUTIES. 

Sec.  5.  It  may  grant  and  revoke  Warrants,  Dispensa- 
tions, and  Charters  for  Commanderies,  where  there  is  no 
Grand  Commandery. 

Sec.  6.  It  shall  have  exclusive  power  to  constitute 
new  Commanderies  'within  any  State,  District,  or  Terri- 
tory, over  which  the  United  States  exercises  jurisdiction, 
wherein  there  is  no  Grand  Commandery  regularly  formed 
under  the  authority  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

Sec.  7.  It  shall  review  and  consider  all  the  official 
reports  of  its  officers,  and  the  proceedings  of  the  Grand 
Commanderies  and  Commanderies  under  its  immediate 
jurisdiction,  and  settle  all  controversies  that  may  arise  be- 
tween Grand  Commanderies. 

Sec.  8.  It  may  adopt  such  Statutes,  Laws  and  Rules 
not  inconsistent  with  this  Constitution,  as  shall  be  neces- 
sary for  the  good  of  the  Order. 

Sec.  9.  It  shall  examine  the  accounts  of  the  Grand 
Treasurer  and  Grand  Recorder  and  such  other  Officers, 
Committees  or  Trustees,  as  may  have  in  charge  or  handle 
any  funds  or  property  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

Sec.  10.  It  shall  consider  and  do  all  matters  and 
things  appertaining  to  the  good,  well-being  and  perpetua- 
tion of  the  principles  of  Templar  Masonry,  not  incon- 
sistent with  this  Constitution. 


6  CONSTITUTION    OF    THE 

ARTICLE  V. 

REVENUE    AND    FINANCES. 

Sec.  11.  The  revenues  of  the  Grand  Encampment 
shall  consist  of  the  fees  for  dispensations  and  charters 
for  Commanderies  under  its  immediate  jurisdiction,  a 
fee  for  each  Knight  Templar  created  therein  and  an 
annual  per  capita  upon  each  member  thereof.  And  also 
of  dues  that  may  be  prescribed  to  be  paid  by  each  Grand 
Commandery  for  the  aggregate  membership  in  its  juris- 
diction. And  of  interest  and  profits  upon  the  deposit  or 
investment  of  its  funds. 

Sec.  12.  It  shall  supervise  the  condition  of  the  fin- 
ances, and  adopt  such  measures  in  relation  thereto,  as 
may  be  necessary  to  increase,  secure,  and  preserve  the 
same,  and  also  to  insure  the  utmost  fidelity  and  punctu- 
ality on  the  part  of  every  accounting  officer,  in  the  safe- 
keeping and  paying  over  of  the  funds  and  property  of 
the  Grand  Encampment. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

tenure  of  office. 

Sec.  13.  The  officers  of  the  Grand  Encampment  shall 
hold  their  respective  offices  until  their  successors  shall 
be  duly  elected  or  appointed,  and  installed. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

duties  of  officers. 
THE  GRAND  MASTER. 

Sec.  14.  It  is  the  prerogative  and  duty  of  the  Grand 
Master  generally  to  exercise,  as  occasion  may  require,  all 
the  rights  appertaining  to  his  high  office,  in  accordance 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  7 

with  this  Constitution  and  the  usages  of  Templar 
Masonry ;  and,  as  a  part  thereof,  he  shall  have  a  watch- 
ful supervision  over  all  Commanderies,  Grand  and  Sub- 
ordinate, under  its  jurisdiction,  and  see  that  all  the  con- 
stitutional Enactments,  Statutes  and  Edicts  of  the  Grand 
Encampment,  are  duly  and  promptly  observed ;  that  the 
work,  Rituals  and  discipline  of  Templar  Masonry  are 
uniform;  that  the  insignia  of  rank  is  as  prescribed  by  the 
Grand  Encampment  and  the  dress  of  the  Commanderies 
under  the  immediate  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment is  uniform  and  as  prescribed  by  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment. 

Sec.  15.  To  fill  all  vacancies  which  may  occur  in  any 
office  other  than  Deputy  Grand  Master,  Grand  Generalis- 
simo or  Grand  Captain  General,  which  appointees  shall 
serve  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Grand  Master,  or  until 
their  respective  successors  shall  have  been  elected  or 
appointed,  and  installed. 

Sec.  16.  To  appoint  all  committees  authorized  by  the 
Constitution  or  by  the  Grand  Encampment,  and  remove 
them  at  pleasure. 

Sec.  IT.  To  visit  and  preside  in  any  Commandery, 
Grand  or  Subordinate,  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand 
Encampment,  and  give  such  instructions  and  directions 
as  the  good  of  the  Order  may  require,  always  adhering 
to  the  Constitution,  Laws,  Statutes  and  Rituals  of  the 
Grand  Encampment. 

Sec.  18.  To  cause  to  be  executed,  and  securely  to  pre- 
serve and  keep,  the  official  bonds  of  the  Grand  Treasurer 
and  Grand  Recorder. 

Sec.  19.  To  grant  Letters  of  Dispensation  for  the 
holding  of  a  Commandery  of  "the  Indispensable  Num- 
ber'' in  territory  in  which  there  exists  no  Grand  Com- 
mandery. 

Sec.  20.  Upon  the  petition  of  at  least  nine  Knights 
Templar  in  good  standing,  to  grant  Letters  of  Dispensa- 
tion, during  the  recess  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  for  the 
formation  of  new  Commanderies  in  Countries,  States  or 


8  CONSTITUTION    OF    THE 

Territories,  where  there  is  no  Grand  Commandery,  and 
this  without  the  recommendation  or  consent  of  the  near- 
est Commandery ;  but  such  Dispensation  shall  be  in  force 
no  longer  than  the  next  Triennial  Conclave  of  the  Grand 
Encampment ;  and  such  dispensation  shall  be  duly  re- 
corded in  the  office  of  the  Grand  Recorder. 

Sec.  21.  To  grant  Warrants,  during  the  recess  of  the 
Grand  Encampment,  for  the  formation  of  Grand  Com- 
manderies  in  States,  Districts  or  Territories  where  no 
Grand  Commandery  exists ;  and  to  recall  any  such  War- 
rants and  to  suspend  or  remove  any  officer  named  there- 
in. 

Sec.  22.  To  commission  any  member  of  the  Grand 
Encampment  to  constitute  a  Grand  Commandery  which 
has  received  a  Warrant  for  its  formation,  or  a  Command- 
ery which  has  received  a  Charter.  He  may  also  issue 
his  proxy  to  any  member  of  the  Grand  Encampment 
authorizing  him  to  visit,  inspect  and  preside  over  any 
Grand  Commandery  or  any  Commandery  under  the  im- 
mediate jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  and 
such  proxy  shall  be  received  and  obeyed  as  the  repre- 
sentative of  the  Grand  Master. 

Sec.  23.  He  shall  submit  a  copy  of  any  decision  ren- 
dered within  sixty  days  thereafter  to  the  Committee  on 
Templar  Jurisprudence,  and  make  a  full  report  of  all  his 
official  acts  to  the  Grand  Encampment. 


THE  DEPUTY  GRAND  MASTER. 

Sec.  24.  The  Deputy  Grand  Master,  in  the  event  of 
the  death,  removal  from  the  United  States,  or  mental  or 
physical  incompetency  of  his  superior,  shall  act  as 
Grand  Master.  At  all  other  times  he  shall  perform  such 
duties  as  may  be  assigned  him  by  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment or  the  Grand  Master. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  9 

THE  GRAND  GENERALISSIMO  AND  GRAND 
CAPTAIN-GENERAL. 

Sec.  25.  In  the  absence  of  their  respective  superiors, 
the  Grand  Generalissimo  and  Grand  Captain-General 
shall  severally  act  as  Grand  Master,  in  order,  according 
to  rank.  At  all  other  times  they  shall  perform  such  duties 
as  may  be  assigned  them  by  the  Grand  Master  or  by  the 
Grand  Encampment,  or  such  as  are  traditionally  appropri- 
ate to  their  respective  stations. 

Sec.  26.  The  Deputy  Grand  Master,  the  Grand  Gen- 
eralissimo, and  the  Grand  Captain-General,  are  severally 
authorized  to  visit  and  preside  in  any  Commandery  of 
Knights  Templar  throughout  the  jurisdiction  of  the 
Grand  Encampment,  and  give  such  instructions  and 
directions  as  the  good  of  the  Order  may  require,  always 
adhering  to  the  Constitution,  Laws  and  Rituals  of  the 
Grand  Encampment,  and  the  orders  of  the  Grand  Master. 

Sec.  2T.  In  the  event  of  the  absence,  death  or  disability 
of  all  of  the  first  four  officers  of  the  Grand  Encampment, 
the  ranking  Past  Grand  Master,  according  to  seniority  of 
service,  shall  assume  the  office  and  discharge  the  duties 
of  Grand  Master. 

THE  GRAND  TREASURER. 

Sec.  28.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Grand  Treasurer 
to  take  charge  of  all  the  funds  and  securities  of  the  Grand 
Encampment,  except  the  fund  held  and  invested  by  the 
Trustees  of  the  Permanent  Fund,  and  unless  otherwise 
directed  by  the  Grand  Encampment,  invest,  with  the 
approval  of  the  Grand  Master,  from  time  to  time,  all  such 
moneys  as  may  come  into  his  hands,  belonging  to  the 
Grand  Encampment,  over  and  above  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars,  in  such  way  as  he  may  judge  most  to 
the  interest  of  the  Grand  Encampment ;  but  six  thousand 
dollars  thereof  shall  be  subject  to  call  on  thirty  days' 
notice,  and   the   same   shall  be   at   his  command  on   the 


10  CONSTITUTION    OF    THE 

first  day  of  the  month  preceding  the  Triennial  Conclave 
of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

Sec.  29.  He  shall  pay  all  drafts  drawn  upon  the  Con- 
tingent Fund  by  the  Grand  Master. 

Sec.  30.  He  shall  pay  out  no  money  except  as  pre- 
scribed in  Section  29,  unless  upon  a  warrant  or  order 
signed  by  the  Grand  Master,  attested  by  the  Grand 
Recorder,  and  in  pursuance  of  an  appropriation  voted  by 
the  Grand  Encampment. 

Sec.  31.  He  shall  render  to  the  Grand  Encampment 
at  each  Triennial  Conclave,  and  oftener  if  required  by 
the  Grand  Encampment,  a  true  and  correct  account  in 
detail  of  all  his  receipts  and  disbursements,  from  whom 
received  and  to  whom  paid,  with  vouchers  for  all  amounts 
paid  out  by  him,  together  with  an  inventory  covering  all 
funds  and  property  of  the  Grand  Encampment  in  his 
hands ;  and  he  shall  submit  his  books  and  accounts  for 
inspection  by  the  Committee  on  Finance  on  the  Thursday 
immediately  preceding  the  Conclave,  and  at  such  other 
times  as  he  may  be  directed  by  the  Grand  Master. 

Sec.  32.  He  shall  transmit  a  statement  of  his  accounts 
to  the  Grand  Master,  by  the  first  day  of  the  month  pre- 
ceding the  Triennial  Conclave,  and  at  such  other  times 
as  he  may  be  directed  by  the  Grand  Master,  to  the  end 
that  the  Grand  Master  may  make  such  suggestions  or 
recommendations  in  relation  thereto  as  he  may  deem 
necessary. 

Sec.  33.  He  shall  give  Bond,  with  surety  in  such 
form  and  in  such  an  amount  as  shall  from  time  to  time  be 
required  of  him  by  the  Grand  Master,  who  shall  judge 
and  approve  the  sufficiency  of  such  Bond  and  surety  and 
keep  and  preserve  the  same,  and  if  he  shall  fail  or  refuse 
to  give  such  Bond,  he  shall  forfeit  his  office,  and  the 
Grand  Master  shall  appoint  another  Grand  Treasurer. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT   K.    T.  11 

THE  GRAND  RECORDER. 

Sec.  34.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Grand  Recorder 
to  record  the  transactions  of  the  Grand  Encampment  and 
to  cause  the  same  to  be  printed  under  the  direction  of 
the  Committee  on  Printing,  and  to  perform  such  other 
duties  as  shall  be  required  of  him  by  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment or  Grand  Master. 

Sec.  35.  He  shall  receive,  duly  file,  and  safely  keep  all 
papers  and  documents  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

Sec.  36.  He  shall  prepare  and  attest  all  Charters, 
Dispensations  and  other  instruments  emanating  from  the 
Grand  Encampment. 

Sec.  37.  He  shall  have  charge  of  the  seal  of  the  Grand 
Encampment  and  shall,  under  such  seal,  attest  all  papers 
requiring  the  same. 

Sec.  38.  He  shall  issue  notice  of  the  Triennial  Con- 
clave two  months  before  the  time  fixed  for  it,  which  shall 
contain  notice  of  all  proposed  amendments  to  the  Con- 
stitution, Statutes  or  Rituals,  and  he  shall  also  issue 
notice  of  any  Special  Conclaves,  which  notice  shall  con- 
tain a  statement  of  the  business  to  be  brought  before  said 
Conclave,  and  he  shall  issue  summons,  when  directed  to 
do  so  by  the  Grand  Encampment  or  Grand  Master. 

Sec.  39.  He  shall  collect  and  receive  all  the  revenues, 
except  income  from  investments,  of  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment, and  pay  over  any  funds  in  his  hands  to  the  Grand 
Treasurer,  whenever  they  reach  the  sum  of  five  hundred 
dollars. 

Sec.  40.  He  shall  give  bond  with  surety  in  such  form 
and  in  such  amount  as  shall  from  time  to  time  be  required 
of  him  by  the  Grand  Master,  who  shall  judge  and  approve 
the  sufficiency  of  such  Bond  and  surety  and  keep  and 
preserve  the  same,  and  if  the  Grand  Recorder  shall  fail  or 
refuse  to  execute  such  Bond,  he  shall  forfeit  his  office, 
and  the  Grand  Master  shall  appoint  a  Grand  Recorder. 


12  CONSTITUTION    OF    THE 

THE  REMAINING  OFFICERS. 

Sec.  41.  The  duties  of  the  remaining  officers  of  the 
Grand  Encampment  are  such  as  are  traditionally  appro- 
priate to  their  respective  stations,  or  such  as  may  be 
assigned  to  them  by  the  Grand  Master  or  by  the  Grand 
Encampment. 


ARTICLE  VIII. 


ELECTION  OF  OFFICERS  AND  QUALIFICATION  OF  ELECTORS. 


Sec.  42.  The  Grand  Encampment  shall  provide  for  the 
election  of  its  officers  to  serve  for  the  ensuing  three  years. 

Sec.  43.  No  Knight  Templar  shall  be  eligible  to  any 
office  in  the  Grand  Encampment,  except  that  of  Grand 
Prelate  and  Grand  Captain  of  the  Guard,  unless  he  shall 
be  at  the  time  a  member  thereof. 

Sec.  44.  The  first  three  officers  of  each  Commandery 
under  the  immediate  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment, or  as  many  of  them  as  may  be  present,  in  person 
or  by  proxy,  shall  be  entitled  collectively  to  one  vote 
in  all  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

Sec.  45.  The  Grand  Commander,  the  Deputy  Grand 
Commander,  the  Grand  Generalissimo  and.  the  Grand 
Captain-General  of  each  Grand  Commandery,  the  Com- 
mander, and  the  Generalissimo  and  the  Captain-General 
of  each  Commandery  under  the  immediate  jurisdiction 
of  the  Grand  Encampment,  may  be  represented  and  vote 
by  proxy:  Provided,  that  such  proxy  be  a  member  of  the 
body  to  which  his  principal  belongs :  and  provided,  fur- 
ther; that  such  proxy  does  not,  by  virtue  of  his  delegated 
authority,  become  a  member  of  the  Grand  Encampment : 
Provided,  also.  That  such  proxy  shall  produce  a  properly 
authenticated  certificate  of  his  appointment. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  13 

ARTICLE  IX. 

TITLES. 

Sec.  46.  The  honorary  title  of  the  Grand  Master  of 
the  Grand  Encampment  is  Most  Eminent,  and  the  official 
title  is  Grand  Master. 

The  honorary  title  of  the  Deputy  Grand  Master  is 
Right  Eminent,  and  the  official  title  is  Deputy  Grand 
Master. 

The  honorary  title  of  each  of  the  remaining-  officers  of 
the  Grand  Encampment,  is  Very  Eminent. 

ARTICLE  X. 

CONCLAVES. 

Sec.  47.  A  Stated  Conclave  of  the  Grand  Encampment 
shall  be  held  triennially,  at  such  time  and  place  as  may 
be  ordered  by  the  Grand  Encampment. 

Sec.  48.  Special  Conclaves  may  be  called  by  the  Grand 
Master,  at  his  discretion.  And  it  shall  be  his  duty,  upon 
the  written  request  of  nine  Grand  Commanders,  to  call 
a  Special  Conclave,  but  no  business  shall  be  transacted 
at  a  Special  Conclave,  except  that  specified  in  the  request, 
or  summons  of  the  Grand  Master. 

ARTICLE  XL 

PERMANENT    FUND. 

Sec.  49.  The  fund  consisting  of  thirty  thousand  dol- 
lars, originally  set  aside  as  a  Permanent  Fund  of  the 
Grand  Encampment,  and  such  sums  as  have  been  or 
which  may  be  hereafter  added  thereto,  shall  be  held  and 
invested  by  a  Board  of  Trustees  consisting  of  five  mem- 
bers.   The  Grand  Master  and  Grand  Treasurer,  ex-oflficio, 


14  CONSTITUTION    OF   THE 

and  three  other  members  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  one 
to  be  elected  at  each  Triennial  Conclave,  to  serve  for  nine 
years. 

Sec.  50.  Every  loan  made  by  them  shall  be  secured 
by  real  estate,  worth  at  least  double  the  amount  of  the 
loan,  or  by  bonds  of  the  United  States,  or  bonds  of  any 
State  of  the  United  States  of  America.  Or  they  may 
invest  any  part  of  said  funds  in  such  bonds  or  securities 
as  are  lawful  investments  for  Savings  Banks  in  the 
States  of  New  York,  Massachusetts  or  Connecticut. 

Sec.  51.  Neither  the  Board  of  Trustees,  nor  any  mem- 
ber thereof,  shall  be  paid  any  compensation  or  remunera- 
tion whatsoever,  for  services  in  the  investment  or  man- 
agement of  said  fund. 

Sec.  52.  The  Board  shall  render  to  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment at  each  Triennial  Conclave,  and  oftener  if  required 
by  the  Grand  Encampment  or  Grand  Master,  a  true  and 
correct  account  in  detail  of  all  of  its  receipts  and  disburse- 
ments, together  with  a  descriptive  inventory  covering 
all  of  its  investments  and  funds,  and  shall  submit  its 
books  for  examination  by  the  Committee  on  Finance. 

Sec.  53.  The  Custodian  or  Treasurer  of  the  Funds  and 
investments  shall  give  bond  in  such  form  and  in  such 
amount  as  may  be  required  of  him  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees. 


ARTICLE  XII. 

CONTINGENT  funds. 

Sec.  54.  A  sufficient  sum  shall  be  appropriated  at  each 
Triennial  Conclave  for  a  contingent  fund  for  the  Grand 
Master  and  the  Grand  Recorder,  to  be  used  by  them  in 
the  payment  of  the  current  expenses  of  their  offices. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  15 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

APPEAL    FROM    CHAIR. 

Sec.  55.  This  Grand  Encampment,  being  a  legislative 
body,  acknowledging  no  superior,  admits  an  appeal  to  be 
taken  by  any  member  from  the  decisions  of  the  Chair, 
on  the  question  under  consideration  therein :  Provided, 
however,  That  such  appeal  shall  not  be  sustained  unless 
two-thirds  of  all  the  members  present  shall  vote  therefor. 

This  Section  is  adopted  for  this  Grand  Encampment 
alone,  and  is  not  to  be  construed  as  establishing  a  prece- 
dent for  the  guidance  of  any  other  Templar  body. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

RULES  OF  ORDER  AND  COMMITTEES. 

Sec.  56.  Such  Rules  of  Order  may  be  made  and  Com- 
mittees provided  as  may  be  necessary  to  conduct  the 
business  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

ARTICLE  XV. 

GRAND    COMMANDERIES — HOW    FORMED. 

Sec.  57.  Whenever  there  shall  be  three  or  more  Char- 
tered Commanderies  formed  and  holden  under  this  Grand 
Encampment,  in  any  State,  District  or  Territory,  in 
which  there  is  no  Grand  Commandery,  a  Grand  Comman- 
ery  may  be  formed  by  virtue  of  the  Warrant  of  the  Grand 
Master,  who  shall  report  his  action,  and  if  the  Grand 
Encampment  shall  approve  of  the  formation  of  such 
Grand  Commandery,  a  Charter  shall  be  issued. 

Sec.  58.  The  jurisdictional  limits  of  a  Grand  Com- 
mandery are  the  State,  District  or  Territory  in  which  it 
exists,  except  that  the  Grand  Commandery  of  Massachu- 
setts and  Rhode  Island  is  recognized  as  holding  jurisdic- 


16  CONSTITUTION    OF    THE 

tion  over  both  of  these  States :  Provided,  That  the  Grand 
Commanderies  of  the  Indian  Territory  and  Oklahoma 
may  continue  their  present  separate  existence,  retaining 
their  original  jurisdiction,  or  may  consolidate  at  their 
pleasure. 

OF   WHOM    COMPOSED. 

Sec.  59.    A  Grand  Commandery  consists  of  the  follow- 
ing members : 

(A)     The  Grand  Commander, 

The  Deputy  Grand  Commander, 

The  Grand  Generalissimo, 

The  Grand  Captain-General, 

The  Grand  Senior  Warden, 

The  Grand  Junior  Warden, 

The  Grand  Prelate, 

The  Grand  Treasurer, 

The  Grand  Recorder, 

The  Grand  Standard  Bearer, 

The  Grand  Sword  Bearer, 

The  Grand  Warder,  and 

The  Grand  Captain  of  the  Guard ; 

the  first  nine  of  whom  (excepting  the  Grand 
Prelate)  shall  be  elected  by  ballot;  the  last 
four,  together  with  the  Grand  Prelate,  shall 
be  elected  or  appointed  by  the  Grand  Com- 
mander, as  each  Grand  Commandery  shall  de- 
termine. 

<B)     All  Past  Grand  Commanders, 

All  Past  Deputy  Grand  Commanders, 
All  Past  Grand  Generalissimos,  and 
All   Past  Grand   Captains-General,  of  the  same 
Grand   Commandery,  so  long  as  they  remain 
members    of    Commanderies    under   the    same 
territorial  jurisdiction. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  17 

(C)  The  Commander, 

The  Generalissimo,  and 

The  Captain-General  of  each  Commandery  under 
the  same  Grand  Commandery. 

(D)  All    Past    Commanders    of    the    Commanderies 

under  the  same  Grand  Commandery,  and  such 
Past  Commanders  as  may  have  demitted  from 
another  jurisdiction  and  who  shall  have  been 
elected  to  membership  by  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery in  the  jurisdiction  where  they  reside, 
so  long  as  they  remain  members  of  Command- 
eries under  the  same  territorial  jurisdiction. 

(E)  Any   distinguished   Knight   Templar   of   another 

Grand  Commandery  under  the  jurisdiction  of 
the  Grand  Encampment,  by  a  vote  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  members  present,  may  be  elected 
an  honorary  member,  which  will  not  confer 
the  right  to  vote. 

TITLES. 

Sec.  60.  The  honorary  title  of  a  Grand  Commander  is 
Right  Eminent  and  the  official  title  is  Grand  Commander. 
The  honorary  title  of  the  Deputy  Grand  Commander  is 
Very  Eminent  and  the  official  title  is  Deputy  Grand 
Commander.  The  honorary  title  of  the  remaining  officers 
of  a  Grand  Commandery  is  Eminent. 

CONCLAVES. 

Sec.  61.  Each  Grand  Commandery  shall  hold  a  Stated 
Conclave  at  least  once  in  each  year. 

Special  Conclaves  may  be  called  by  the  Grand  Com- 
mander; and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  upon  the  request  of  a 
majority  of  the  Commanderies,  to  him  directed  in  writing, 
to  call  a  Special  Conclave. 

No  business  shall  be  transacted  at  a  Special  Conclave 
except  that  specified  in  the  original  notice  or  summons. 


18  CONSTITUTION    OF    THE 

POWERS    AND   DUTIES. 

Sec.  62.  Each  Grand  Commandery,  at  its  Annual  Con- 
clave, shall  review  and  consider  all  the  official  reports  of 
its  officers,  and  the  proceedings  of  its  subordinates,  for 
the  preceding  year. 

Sec.  63.  It  shall  have  power  to  adopt  a  Constitution 
and  such  laws  and  regulations,  not  inconsistent  with  the 
Constitution  and  Laws  of  the  Grand  Encampment  as 
may  be  necessary  for  the  good  of  the  Order. 

Sec.  64.  It  shall  have  exclusive  power  to  form  new 
Commanderies  within  its  jurisdiction  and  that  without 
the  recommendation  or  consent  of  any  Commandery,  and 
to  fix  the  fee  therefor :  Provided,  That  it  shall  not  be  less 
than  one  hundred  dollars,  to  be  paid  in  advance,  and  it 
shall  have  power  to  ordain  and  prescribe  regulations  for 
their  government,  and  it  may  revoke  any  existing  Charter 
or  Dispensation. 

Sec.  65.  It  shall  possess  authority  to  require  from  the 
several  Commanderies  within  its  jurisdiction,  such  pro- 
portion of  the  sums  received  by  them  for  conferring  the 
Orders,  and  also  such  sums  in  the  form  of  annual  dues 
from  the  respective  members,  as  may  be  necessary  for 
the  support  of  the  Grand  Commandery. 

Sec.  66.  It  shall  examine  the  accounts  of  the  Grand 
Treasurer  and  Grand  Recorder,  and  supervise  the  state 
and  condition  of  the  finances,  and  adopt  such  measures 
in  relation  thereto,  as  may  be  necessary  to  increase,  se- 
cure and  preserve  the  same,  and  also  to  insure  the  utmost 
punctuality  on  the  part  of  every  accounting  officer  in  the 
safe-keeping  and  paying  over  of  the  funds  and  property 
of  the  Grand  Commandery. 

Sec.  67.  It  shall  have  power  to  assign  the  limits  of 
jurisdiction  of  Commanderies  within  its  own  jurisdiction, 
and  settle  all  controversies  that  may  arise  between  them. 

Sec.  68.    It  shall  consider  and  do  all  matters  and  things 


GRAND    EN  CAM  PM  EXT    K.    T.  19 

appertaining  to  the  good,  well-being  and  perpetuation  of 
Templar  Masonry,  but  always  subordinate  to  the  Grand 
Encampment  of  the  United  States. 

Sec.  69.  The  Grand  Commanderies,  in  such  manner  as 
they  may  respectively  determine,  shall  anually  collect 
and  pay  to  the  Grand  Recorder  of  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment, such  an  amount  as  may  be  determined  by  the 
Grand  Encampment,  for  each  Knight  Templar  returned 
as  a  member  of  their  respective  Commanderies  at  the 
Conclave  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  preceding  July  the 
first  of  each  year,  which  fund,,  with  the  returns  of  the 
Grand  Commandery,  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Grand 
Recorder  of  the  Grand  Encampment  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  July  in  each  year. 

THE    GRAND    COMMANDER. 

Sec  70.  The  Grand  Commander  shall  have  a  watchful 
supervision  over  all  the  Commanderies  under  his  jurisdic- 
tion, and  see  that  the  Constitution,  Laws  and  Rituals 
of  the  Grand  Encampment,  and  the  Constitution,  Laws 
and  Regulations  of  his  own  Grand  Commandery,  are  duly 
and  promptly  observed. 

And  he  shall  appoint  all  committees  and  all  officers  not 
made  elective,  and  shall  fill  all  vacancies  which  may  occur 
in  any  of  the  elective  offices,  except  Deputy  Grand  Com- 
mander. Grand  Generalissimo  and  Grand  Captain-Gen- 
eral, to  serve  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Grand  Com- 
mander, or  until  their  successors  shall  have  been  elected 
and  installed. 

Sec  71.  He  shall  have  the  power  and  authority,  dur- 
ing the  recess  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  to  grant  Let- 
ters of  Dispensation,  to  nine  or  more  petitioners  residing 
within  its  jurisdiction,  and  possessing  the  constitutional 
qualifications,  empowering  them  to  form  and  open  a 
Commandery. 

And  such  Dispensation  shall  be  in  force  no  longer 
than  the  next  Annual  Conclave  of  the  Grand  Command- 
ery. 


20  CONSTITUTION    OF    THE 

Sec.  72.  He  shall  issue  no  Letters  of  Dispensation  for 
the  formation  of  a  new  Commandery  save  upon  the 
recommendation  of  the  Commandery  in  the  same  terri- 
torial jurisdiction,  nearest  the  location  of  the  new  Com- 
mandery prayed  for. 

Sec.  73.  If  the  new  Commandery  is  to  be  stationed  in 
a  city  where  there  is  more  than  one  Commandery,  two 
of  those  located  in  such  city  must  recommend  the  peti- 
tion. 

Sec.  74.  During  the  recess  of  the  Grand  Commandery 
he  may  suspend  from  the  functions  of  his  office  any 
officer  of  the  Grand  Commandery  or  of  a  Commandery, 
or  arrest  the  Charter  or  Dispensation  of  a  Commandery ; 
but  in  neither  case  shall  such  suspension  affect  the  stand- 
ing in  the  Order  of  such  officer,  or  of  his  membership  in 
the  Commandery.  He  shall  report  his  action  in  full  to 
the  next  Conclave  of  the  Grand  Commandery  for  its 
final  action. 

Sec.  75.  He  may  visit  and  preside  in  any  Commandery 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  and 
give  such  instructions  and  directions  as  the  good  of  the 
Order  may  require,  always  adhering  to  the  Constitution, 
Laws  and  Rituals  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  and  the 
Constitution,  Statutes  and  Regulations  of  his  Grand  Com- 
mandery. 

the  deputy  grand  commander. 

Sec.  76.  The  Deputy  Grand  Commander,  in  the  event 
of  the  death,  removal,  absence  from  the  jurisdiction,  or 
the  mental  or  physical  incompetency  of  his  superior,  shall 
act  as  Grand  Commander.  At  all  other  times  he  shall 
perform  such  duties  as  may  be  assigned  him  by  the  Grand 
Commander  or  the  Grand  Commandery. 

THE    GRAND    GENERALISSIMO    AND    GRAND    CAPTAIN-GENERAL. 

Sec.   77.     In   case  of  the  absence,  death,   removal  or 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  21 

disability  of  their  respective  superiors,  the  Grand  Gen- 
eralissimo and  Grand  Captain-General,  shall  severally  act 
as  Grand  Commander,  in  order,  according  to  rank.  At 
all  other  times  they  shall  perform  such  duties  as  may  be 
assigned  them  by  the  Grand  Commander  or  the  Grand 
Commandery,  or  such  as  are  traditionally  appropriate 
to  their  respective  stations. 

THE  GRAND  TREASURER. 

Sec.  78.  The  Grand  Treasurer  shall  perform  such 
duties  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  Laws  of  the  Grand 
Commandery. 

THE  GRAND   RECORDER. 

Sec.  79.  The  Grand  Recorder  shall  perform  such 
duties  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  Laws  of  the  Grand 
Commandery. 

Sec.  80.  He  shall  annually  communicate  to  the  Grand 
Master,  the  Grand  Recorder  of  the  Grand  Encampment, 
and  to  the  Grand  Recorders  of  each  of  the  other  Grand 
Commanderies,  the  roll  of  officers  of  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery and  such  other  matters  as  may  give  information 
as  to  the  condition  of  the  Order  in  the  jurisdiction,  or 
may  conduce  to  the  general  good  of  the  Order. 

Sec.  81.  He  shall  forward  to  the  Grand  Recorder  of 
the  Grand  Encampment,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
July  of  each  year,  the  Annual  Returns  and  Dues  of  the 
Grand  Commandery. 

Sec.  82.  He  shall  annually  transmit  to  the  Grand 
Master  and  Grand  Recorder  of  the  Grand  Encampment, 
copies  of  all  the  printed  Proceedings  and  of  the  Laws 
adopted  by  the  Grand  Commandery. 

Sec.  83.  He  shall  have  charge  of  the  Seal  of  the  Grand 
Commandery,  and  shall,  under  such  seal,  attest  all  papers 
requiring  the  same. 


22  CONSTITUTION    OF    THE 

THE  REMAINING  OFFICERS. 

Sec.  84.  The  duties  of  the  remaining  officers,  as  well 
as  those  above  specified,  shall  be  such  as  are  traditionally 
appropriate  to  their  respective  stations,  or  assigned  to 
them  by  the  Grand  Commander  or  the  Grand  Command- 
ery,  and  conforming  as  near  as  may  be  to  those  of  the 
corresponding  officers  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

Sec.  85.  In  the  event  of  the  absence,  death  or  disability 
of  the  first  four  officers  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  the 
ranking  Past  Grand  Commander,  according  to  seniority 
of  service,  shall  assume  the  office  and  discharge  the  duties 
of  Grand  Commander. 

TENURE  OF  OFFICE. 

Sec.  86.  The  several  Grand  Officers  shall  hold  their 
respective  offices  until  their  successors  shall  be  duly 
elected,  or  appointed  and  installed,  subject  to  the  pro- 
visions of  Section  120. 

ELIGIBILITY   TO   OFFICE. 

Sec.  87.  No  Knight  Templar  shall  be  eligible  to  any 
office  in  a  Grand  Commandery,  except  Grand  Prelate  and 
Grand  Captain  of  the  Guard,  unless  he  shall  be  at  the 
time  a  present  or  Past  Commander. 

MAJORITY  TO  GOVERN. 

Sec.  88.  At  every  Conclave  of  a  Templar  Body,  un- 
less otherwise  expressly  provided  by  the  Constitution 
and  Laws  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  all  questions  shall 
be  determined  by  a  majority  of  votes.  In  case  the  votes 
are  equally  divided  the  presiding  officer  shall  give  the 
casting  vote. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  23 

REPRESENTATION   BY   PROXY. 

Sec.  89.  Each  Grand  Commandery  shall  determine 
■whether  or  not  proxy  representation  shall  be  permitted, 
and  if  it  shall  be  allowed,  the  Grand  Commandery  shall 
prescribe  the  rules  governing  the  same. 

APPEAL. 

Sec.  90.  No  appeal  shall  lie  to  the  Grand  Commandery 
from  any  decision  of  a  Grand  Commander,  except  during 
a  Conclave  or  on  questions  arising  as  to  the  construction 
or  effect  of  the  Constitution,  Laws  or  Rituals  of  the 
Grand  Encampment,  or  of  the  Laws  of  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery. 

Sec.  91.  An  appeal  may  be  taken  to  the  Grand  En- 
campment from  any  decision  or  action  of  a  Grand  Com- 
mander, or  of  a  Grand  Commandery,  on  questions  arising 
as  to  the  construction  or  effect  of  the  Constitution, 
Laws  or  Rituals  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

CONSOLIDATION    OF    GRAND    COMMANDERIES. 

Sec.  92.  (A)  When  any  state,  district  or  territory  in 
which  a  Grand  Commandery  has  been  chartered,  is  con- 
solidated with  another  state,  district  or  territory,  which 
also  has  a  Grand  Commandery,  the  two  Grand  Com- 
manderies  may  consolidate  under  the  name  and  title  of 
the  state,  district  or  territory  so  consolidated. 

(B)  The  officers  of  the  consolidated  Grand  Com- 
mandery, unless  otherwise  agreed  upon  by  the  consoli- 
dated Grand  Commandery,  shall  be  the  Sir  Knights  hold- 
ing office  in  the  older  of  the  two  Grand  Commanderies 
so  consolidated.  The  Commanderies  shall  be  numbered 
and  shall  rank  according  to  the  date  of  their  Charters. 

(C)  The  Past  Officers  in  either  of  the  two  Grand 
Commanderies  of  which  the  consolidation  is  formed,  shall 


24  CONSTITUTION    OF    THE 

be  entitled  to  the  rank  in  the  consolidated  body  which 
they  held  at  the  time  of  the  consolidation. 

(D)  All  of  the  property  and  assets  of  every  kind 
belonging  to  the  two  bodies  shall  become  the  property 
and  vest  in  the  new  Grand  Commandery,  so  formed. 

ARTICLE  XVI. 

COMMANDERIES,    HOW   FORMED. 

Sec.  93.  Each  Commandery,  before  it  can  be  formed, 
if  located  in  a  country,  state,  district  or  territory  where 
there  is  no  Grand  Commandery,  must  have  a  dispensation 
from  the  Grand  Encampment  or  Grand  Master,  or  a  Char- 
ter from  the  Grand  Encampment ;  if  located  in  a  country, 
state,  district  or  territory  where  there  is  a  Grand  Com- 
mandery it  must  have  a  dispensation  from  the  Grand 
Commandery  or  Grand  Commander,  or  a  Charter  from 
the  Grand  Commandery,  and  no  Commandery  can  be 
opened  or  formed  without  such  dispensation  or  Charter. 
And  all  Templar  communication  is  interdicted  between 
any  Commandery  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand 
Encampment,  or  any  member  thereof,  and  any  Com- 
mandery or  member  thereof,  in  any  country,  state,  dis- 
trict, or  territory,  without  such  Dispensation  or  Charter. 

Sec.  94.  A  Commandery  consists  of  the  following 
officers : 

The  Commander, 
The  Generalissimo, 
The  Captain-General, 
The  Senior  Warden, 
The  Junior  Warden, 
The  Prelate, 
The  Treasurer, 
The  Recorder, 
The  Standard  Bearer, 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  25 

The  Sword  Bearer, 
The  Warder, 
The  Sentinel  and  Guards, 

And  of  such  Knights  Templar  as  may  be  mem- 
bers thereof. 

The  Commander,  Generalissimo,  Captain-General, 
Treasurer  and  Recorder  shall  be  elected  by  ballot,  and  the 
remaining  officers  shall  be  elected  or  appointed  by  the 
Commander,  as  may  be  provided  by  the  laws  of  the 
Grand  Commandery. 

i 

TITLE. 

Sec.  95.  The  honorary  title  of  the  Commander  of  a 
Commandery  is  Eminent  and  the  official  title  is  Com- 
mander. 

CONCLAVES. 

Sec.  96.  The  Stated  Conclaves  of  a  Commandery  shall 
be  held  at  least  quarterly,  at  such  time  and  place  as  may 
be  specified  in  the  Charter,  or  designated  in  the  By-Laws 
of  the  Commandery. 

Sec.  97.  Special  Conclaves  may  be  called  by  the  Com- 
mander, but  no  business  shall  be  transacted  other  than 
the  conferring  of  the  Orders,  except  that  specified  in 
the  notice  or  summons. 

ALLEGIANCE. 

Sec.  98.  Upon  the  formation  of  a  Grand  Commandery, 
all  Commanderies  within  the  territorial  jurisdiction  must 
enroll  themselves  under  such  Grand  Commandery,  have 
their  Charters  endorsed  or  their  Dispensations  extended, 
and  shall  respect  and  obey  the  laws  and  regulations  of 
such  Grand  Commandery. 


26  CONSTITUTION    OF   THE 

APPEAL. 

Sec.  99.  No  appeal  shall  lie  to  the  Commandery  from 
the  decision  of  the  Commander.  Upon  questions  arising 
as  to  the  construction  or  effect  of  the  Constitution, 
Rituals,  or  Laws  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  or  of  the 
Laws  of  the  Grand  Commandery ;  an  appeal  may  be  taken 
to  the  Grand  Commandery ;  or  to  the  Grand  Encampment 
when  the  Commandery  is  under  its  immediate  jurisdic- 
tion. 

TENURE  OF  OFFICE. 

Sec.  100.  The  several  officers  shall  hold  and  discharge 
the  duties  of  their  respective  offices  until  their  successors 
are  duly  installed,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  Section 
120. 

THE  commander. 

Sec.  101.  The  Commander  has  it  in  special  charge  to 
see  that  the  By-Laws  and  Regulations  of  the  Command- 
ery are  duly  observed,  as  well  as  the  Constitution,  Laws, 
Rituals  and  Rules  of  the  Grand  Encampment  and  the 
Constitution,  Laws  and  Regulations  of  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery. That  accurate  records  are  kept  and  just  ac- 
counts rendered  and  that  regular  returns  are  made  to  the 
Grand  Encampment  or  Grand  Commandery,  annually, 
and  that  the  dues  are  promptly  paid. 

Sec.  102.  It  is  his  duty,  together  with  the  Generalis- 
simo and  Captain-General,  to  attend  all  Conclaves  of  the 
Grand  Encampment  when  under  its  immediate  jurisdic- 
tion, or  of  the  Grand  Commandery  where  there  is  one 
having  jurisdiction. 

Sec.  103.  In  case  of  the  absence,  death,  removal,  or 
the  mental  or  physical  incompetency  of  the  Commander, 
the  Generalissimo  or  Captain-General  shall  severally  act 
as  Commander,  according  to  rank.    In  case  of  the  disabil- 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  27 

ity,  from  any  cause  of  the  Generalissimo,  the  Captain- 
General  shall  succeed  to  the  duties  of  the  vacant  post, 
at  all  other  times  they  shall  perform  such  duties  as  may 
be  assigned  them  by  the  Commander  or  Commandery,  or 
such  as  are  traditionally  appropriate  to  their  respective 
stations. 

THE  TREASURER. 

Sec.  104.  The  Treasurer  shall  perform  such  duties  as 
are  prescribed  by  the  Constitution,  Laws,  Rules  and 
Regulations  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  the  laws  of  the 
Grand  Commandery,  and  the  By-Laws  of  the  Com- 
mandery.    . 

THE  RECORDER. 

Sec  105.  The  Recorder  shall  issue  notice  of  Stated  and 
Special  Conclaves ;  and  in  the  notices  for  Special  Con- 
claves he  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  Commander, 
state  the  particular  business  to  be  transacted. 

He  shall  also  issue  Summons  when  directed  by  the 
Commander  or  Commandery. 

He  shall  keep  correct  minutes  of  all  the  transactions 
of  the  Commandery. 

He  shall  collect  and  receive  all  dues  or  assessments  and 
revenues  of  the  Commandery,  and  shall  promptly  pay  the 
same  over  to  the  Treasurer. 

He  shall  have  charge  of  the  Seal  of  the  Commandery, 
and  shall  affix  it  to  all  papers  requiring  the  same. 

He  shall  report,  annually,  to  the  Grand  Recorder  the 
roll  of  officers  and  members,  and  such  other  matters  as 
may  conduce  to  the  general  good  of  the  Order,  in  such 
form  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Grand  Commandery, 
and  he  shall  accompany  said  report  with  the  amount  of 
dues  and  fees  due  to  the  Grand  Commandery.  He  shall 
promptly  transmit  to  the  Grand  Commander  and  Grand 


28  CONSTITUTION    OF    THE 

Recorder  copies  of  all    the    By-Laws    and    Regulations 
adopted  by  the  Commandery. 

He  shall  submit  his  books  to  examination  whenever 
required  to  do  so  by  the  Commandery  or  by  the  Grand 
Commandery. 

Sec.  106.  When  the  Commandery  is  under  the  immedi- 
ate jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  he  shall  make 
the  reports  and  returns  provided  for,  to  the  Grand  Master, 
and  to  the  Grand  Recorder. 

Sec.  107.  Recorders  of  Commanderies  under  the  im- 
mediate jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encampment  shall  re- 
port annually  to  the  Grand  Recorder  of  the  Grand  En- 
campment, on  or  before  the  first  day  of  July,  the  roll  of 
its  officers  and  members,  and  all  the  changes  as  provided 
for  in  the  blanks  to  be  furnished  by  the  Grand  Recorder; 
and  acompany  the  same  with  the  amount  of  fees  and 
dues. 

TREASURER  AND  RECORDER  TO  GIVE  BONDS. 

Sec.  108.  The  Treasurer  and  Recorder  of  a  Command- 
ery under  the  immediate  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  En- 
campment shall  severally  give  bond,  with  surety,  in 
such  form  and  amount  as  shall,  from  time  to  time,  be 
determined  by  the  Commandery,  and  the  Commander 
shall  judge  and  approve  of  the  sufficiency  of  such  bond 
and  surety,  and  shall  keep  and  preserve  the  same. 

SUCCESSION  IN  OFFICE. 

Sec  109.     In  the  event  of  the  absence,  death  or  dis- 
ability of  the  first  three  officers  of  a  Commandery,  the 
ranking  Past  Commander  present  shall  assume  the  office 
'and  discharge  the  duties  of  Commander. 

SPECIAL  ELECTION. 

Sec.  110.  If  a  vacancy  shall  occur  in  any  of  the  offices, 
except  when  there  is  a   right  of  succession,   the   Grand 


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Master  or  Grand  Commander,  respectively,  may  author- 
ize a  special  election  to  fill  such  vacancy  upon  written 
request  to  that  effect  by  the  Commandery. 

PETITIONS  ONLY  AT   STATED  CONCLAVES. 

Sec.  111.  Petitions  for  the  Orders  or  for  membership 
can  neither  be  received  nor  acted  upon,  except  at  Stated 
Conclaves,  and  no  petition  can  be  balloted  on  in  less  than 
two  weeks  from  its  presentation. 

SOJOURNERS. 

Sec.  112.  No  Commandery  shall  confer  the  Orders  of 
Knighthood,  or  either  of  them,  upon  any  sojourner,  whose 
place  of  residence  is  within  any  Country,  State,  District  or 
Territory  in  which  there  is  a  Commandery,  unless  consent 
of  the  Commandery  having  territorial  jurisdiction,  and  of 
the  Grand  Commander,  where  there  is  one,  is  first  ob- 
tained: provided,  however,  that  it  shall  be  lawful  for  any 
Commandery  to  receive  the  petition  and  confer  the 
Orders  upon  any  person  connected  with  Army  or  Navy 
of  the  United  States,  who  shall  have  been  stationed  within 
its  jurisdiction  for  at  least  six  months  prior  to  the  presen- 
tation of  his  petition ;  and  in  the  event  of  a  violation  of 
this  section  the  Commandery  so  offending  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  discipline,  and  be  required  to  pay  over  to  the 
Commandery  having  jurisdiction  the  amount  of  fees  re- 
ceived for  such  admission. 

ELIGIBILITY  TO  ORDERS. 

Sec.  113.  The  Orders  of  Knighthood  shall  not  be  con- 
ferred upon  any  one  who  has  not  received  the  degrees  of 
Entered  Apprentice,  Fellow  Craft,  Master  Mason,  Mark 
Master  Mason,  Past  Master,  Most  Excellent  Master  and 
Royal  Arch  Mason ;  nor  upon  any  one  who  is  not  an 
affiliated  Master  Mason  and  Royal  Arch  Mason. 


30  CONSTITUTION    OF    THE 

QUALIFICATIONS    NOT    TO    BE    CHANGED. 

Sec.  114.  No  Grand  Commandery  or  Commandery  has 
the  right  to  add  to,  take  from,  or  change  the  qualifications 
of  candidates  for  the  Orders  of  Knighthood  and  member- 
ship in  a  Commandery  as  prescribed  by  the  Constitution 
of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

ORDER  OF  SUCCESSION. 

Sec.  115.  The  rule  of  succession  in  conferring  the 
Orders  shall  be  as  follows:  1,  The  Order  of  the  Red 
Cross,  2,  Knight  Templar,  and  3,  Knight  of  Malta,  which 
last  Order  may  be  conferred  or  communicated. 

VOW    OF   OFFICE. 

Sec.  116.  The  officers  of  every  Commandery,  before 
entering  upon  the  exercise  of  the  duties  of  their  respec- 
tive offices,  shall  take  the  following  vow,  viz :  "I,  (A. 
B.)  do  promise  and  vow  that  I  will  support  and  maintain 
the  Constitution,  Laws  and  Rituals  of  the  Grand  En- 
campment of  Knights  Templar  of  the  United  States  of 
America,  the  Constitution,  Laws  and  Regulations  of  the 
Grand  Commandery  of  this  jurisdiction,  and  the  By- 
Laws  of  this  Commandery,  and  that  I  will  faithfully  dis- 
charge the  duties  of  the  office  to  which  I  have  been 
chosen,  to  the  best  of  my  ability." 

The  vow  of  officers  of  the  Grand  Encampment  shall  be 
the  same,  with  the  omission  of  the  clause  relating  to 
Grand  Commanderies  and  Commanderies.  The  officers 
of  a  Grand  Commandery  shall  omit  from  this  vow  the 
words  "and  the  By-Laws  of  this  Commandery." 

ASSESSMENTS. 

Sec.  117.     A  Commandery  has  the  right  to  levy  and 


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collect  such  annual  clues  and  pro  rata  assessments  as  may 
be  needed  to  pay  its  expenses. 

Sec.  118.  In  the  absence  of  any  special  law,  a  majority 
vote  may  determine  the  propriety  of  an  asessment  and, 
the  amount  thereof:  Provided,  That  a  member  of  a  Com- 
mandery  may  appeal  to  the  Grand  Commandery  if  he 
feels  aggrieved  by  such  assessment,  and  claims  that  it  is 
in  violation  of  Templar  Law. 

FEE  FOR   ORDERS. 

Sec.  119.  No  Commandery  shall  confer  the  Orders  of 
Knighthood  for  a  less  sum  than  thirty  dollars  and  the  fee 
for  the  Orders  cannot  be  remitted  directly  or  indirectly. 

when  office  vacated. 

Sec.  120.  When  any  one  of  the  first  four  officers  of  a 
Grand  Commandery  or  the  first  three  officers  of  a  Com- 
mandery, shall  be  elected  and  installed  as  Grand  Master, 
his  rights  and  powers  as  such  officer  of  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery or  Commandery,  ipso  facto,  cease,  and  the  duties 
of  the  office  shall  devolve  upon  the  officer  next  in  rank. 
The  same  rule  shall  apply  when  any  one  of  the  first  three 
officers  of  a  Commandery  shall  be  elected  and  installed 
as  Grand  Commander. 

AMENDMENTS. 

Sec.  121.  The  Grand  Encampment,  upon  the  concur- 
rence of  three-fourths  of  its  members  present  at  any 
Stated  Conclave,  may  revise,  amend,  and  alter  this  Con- 
stitution or  the  Rituals  adopted  by  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment and  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  members  present, 
may  repeal,  alter,  or  amend  the  Statutes,  or  change  the 
uniform :  Provided,  however,  That  any  member  intending 
to  submit  a  motion  relative  to  a  change  of  the  Constitu- 
tion, Statutes,  or  Rituals  shall  give  notice  thereof,  in  writ- 


32  CONSTITUTION    OF    THE 

ing,  to  the  Grand  Recorder  at  least  four  months  before 
the  day  on  which  the  Triennial  Conclave  shall  be  held,  at 
which  such  subject  is  to  be  discussed,  and  notice  thereof 
shall  be  inserted  in  the  notice  of  the  Conclave;  otherwise 
no  such  motion  shall  be  entertained :  Provided,  also,  That 
if  the  Grand  Recorder  fail  to  give  such  notice,  the  pro- 
posed amendment  may  be  called  up  by  consent  of  three- 
fourths  of  the  members  present,  and  acted  upon  as  if  said 
notice  had  been  given  :  Provided,  further,  That  any  amend- 
ment proposed  at  a  Triennial  Conclave  may  be  acted  upon 
at  the  next  Conclave,  whether  inserted  in  the  notice  of 
the  Grand  Recorder  or  not,  and  the  same  may  be  con- 
sidered in  the  absence  of  the  proposer:  Provided,  further, 
That  the  proposed  amendment  may  be  modified  in  any 
manner  by  the  Grand  Encampment,  while  the  same  is 
under  consideration ;  no  modification,  however,  shall  be 
made  not  germain  to  the  matter  contained  in  the  pro- 
posed amendment. 

ARTICLE  XVII. 

REPEALING    CLAUSE. 

Sec.  122.     All  Constitutional  provisions  not  included 
in  this  Constitution  are  hereby  repealed. 


STATUTES 
of  the 

Grand  Encampment  of  Knights  Templar 

of  the 
UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA 


ADJOURN. 

Sec.  123.  The  Grand  Encampment  and  Grand  Com- 
manderies  "adjourn." 

BY-LAWS. 

Sec.  124.  A  Grand  Commandery  may,  if  it  so  desires, 
enact  a  uniform  code  of  by-laws  not  in  conflict  with  the 
Laws  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  for  the  government  of 
its  Commanderies,  and  in  the  absence  of  such  a  code,  the 
following  rules  shall  govern : 

Sec.  125.  By-Laws  must  be  approved  by  the  Grand 
Encampment  or  by  the  Grand  Commandery  respectively: 
Provided,  however,  that  the  Grand  Master  or  Grand  Com- 
mander may  approve  by-laws  or  amendments  thereto, 
adopted  during  the  recess,  subject  to  review  at  the  next 
succeeding  conclave  of  their  respective  Grand  Bodies. 

Sec.  126.  When  the  By-Laws  of  a  Commandery  pre- 
scribe the  mode  by  which  alteration  and  amendments 
thereof  may  be  made,  these  rules  must  be  observed. 

BURIAL. 

Sec.  127.  Funeral  services  of  a  Knight  Templar  shall 
be  conducted  by  a  Commandery,  only  when  he  is  in  good 


34  STATUTES    OF  THE 

standing  in  his  Commandery,  and  no  others  shall  receive 
Templar  funeral  honors,  and  the  burial  service  adopted  by 
the  Grand  Encampment  shall  in  all  cases  be  complied  with. 

CANDIDATE. 

ANOTHER  COMMANDERY. 

Sec.  128.  A  Commandery  may  confer  the  orders  upon 
a  candidate  elected  to  receive  them  by  another  Command- 
ery, at  the  request  of  such  other  Commandery. 

BALLOT. 

Sec.  129.  Every  member  present  when  a  ballot  on  a 
petition  is  taken  is  required  to  vote,  unless  excused  by  the 
Commander  or  Commandery  before  the  balloting  has 
commenced. 

Sec.  130.  The  ballot  upon  a  petition  for  the  Orders  or 
for  membership  must  be  unanimous  and  secret.  The 
reason  for  casting  a  blackball  cannot  be  disclosed  or 
inquired  into. 

Sec.  131.  A  Commander  may  order  one  re-ballot  before 
the  result  of  the  ballot  has  been  announced,  and  before 
any  member  of  the  Commandery  has  left  the  Asylum. 

Sec.  132.  No  ballot  can  be  had  upon  a  petition  until 
after  it  has  been  referred  to  a  committee  of  three  members 
of  the  Commandery,  and  that  committee  has  reported. 

Sec.  133.  An  unfavorable  report  does  not  dispense  with 
the  necessity  of  a  ballot. 

FEE. 

Sec.  134.  Each  Grand  Commandery  may  fix  the  mini- 
mum fee  for  the  Orders,  but  in  no  case  shall  it  be  less 
than  thirty  dollars,  which  shall  be  paid  before  the  Red 
Cross  is  conferred. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  35 

HEALING. 

Sec.  135.  Healing  consists  in  re-obligating  the  Knight 
Templar  and  correcting  what  has  been  done  amiss  at  his 
creation. 

Sec.  136.  The  Grand  Encampment,  or  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery  in  whose  jurisdiction  a  Knight  Templar  was 
irregularly  created,  has  power  to  heal  him,  or  may  author- 
ize the  Grand  Master  or  Grand  Commander  to  do  so,  and 
this  power  may  be  delegated  to  a  Commandery  or  Com- 
mander. 

Sec.  137.  One  knighted  in  a  clandestine  manner  or  in  a 
spurious  Commandery  cannot  be  healed. 

JURISDICTION. 

Sec.  138.  A  Petitioner  residing  in  any  territory  in 
which  there  is  no  Commandery  may  apply  to  any  Com- 
mandery for  the  Orders ;  but  when  there  is  a  Command- 
ery holding  lawful  jurisdiction,  in  such  territory,  he  can 
apply  elsewhere  only  by  its  permission. 

NOT  PROCEEDING  AFTER  ELECTION. 

Sec.  139.  Unless  a  candidate  elected  to  receive  the 
Orders,  shall  present  himself  within  twelve  months  after 
receiving  notice  of  his  election,  it  shall  be  void. 

OBJECTION. 

Sec.  140.  A  member  of  a  Commandery  in  good  stand- 
ing, whether  present  when  the  ballot  was  taken  or  not, 
may  object  to  the  conferring  of  the  Order  of  the  Red 
Cross  upon  an  elected  candidate,  and  cannot  be  required 
to  disclose  his  reason  therefor.  When  such  objection  is 
made,  either  in  open  Commandery  or  to  the  Commander, 
the  Order  of  the  Red  Cross  cannot  be  conferred;  and  the 
fact  of  objection  alone,  and  not  the  name  of  the  objector, 


36  STATUTES   OF  THE 

shall  be  entered  on  the  minutes,  and  shall  be  equivalent 
to  a  rejection  by  ballot. 

Sec.  141.  An  objection  after  ballot  may  be  withdrawn 
before  it  has  been  entered  on  the  minutes. 

Sec.  142.  Any  Companion  of  the  Order  of  the  Red 
Cross  or  Knight  Templar  is  entitled  to  receive  the  re- 
maining Orders,  unless  found  unworthy  after  trial  on 
charges  duly  preferred.  And  no  member  of  a  Command- 
ery,  whether  present  when  the  ballot  was  taken  or  not, 
shall  prevent  or  delay  the  conferring  of  the  remaining 
Order  or  Orders  by  a  mere  objection. 

Sec.  143.  Any  Sir  Knight,  in  order  to  prevent  or  delay 
the  conferring  of  the  remaining  Order  or  Orders  on  any 
elected  candidate  who  shall  have  been  constituted  a  Com- 
panion of  the  Order  of  the  Red  Cross  or  Knight  Templar, 
shall  be  required  to  prefer  written  charges  against  him, 
which  shall  be  filed  with  the  Recorder  of  the  Command- 
ery.  The  said  candidate  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  a  copy 
of  the  charges  so  presented,  and  to  be  heard  in  person 
and  by  counsel,  the  counsel  being  a  Knight  Templar. 

Sec.  144.  When  charges  shall  be  presented,  the  re- 
maining Orders  cannot  be  conferred,  unless  the  same  be 
withdrawn  or  the  candidate  acquitted  in  the  manner  here- 
in prescribed ;  and,  when  presented,  the  fact  only  that 
charges  have  been  made  shall  be  entered  on  the  minutes, 
and  not  the  name  of  the  objector  nor  the  nature  of  the 
charges.  In  case  no  objection  shall  be  made,  nor  any 
charges  presented,  the  Commander,  may,  in  his  discretion, 
delay  the  conferring  of  either  of  the  Orders  for  one  Con- 
clave only. 

Sec.  145.  Objections  or  charges  against  a  candidate 
who  may  have  received  one  or  more  of  the  Orders,  may 
be  received  from  a  visiting  Knight  Templar,  but  shall  not 
be  considered  by  the  Commandery,  except  by  a  majority 
vote  to  that  effect,  or  where,  in  consequence  thereof,  ob- 
jection shall  be  made  or  charges  presented  in  writing  by 
a  member  of  the  Commandery,  and  in  the  manner  herein 
provided. 


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Sec.  146.  Charges  against  a  Companion  of  the  Order 
of  the  Red  Cross  or  Knight  Templar  may  be  withdrawn, 
by  consent  of  the  Commandery,  before  the  commence- 
ment of  the  hearing  thereon. 

PETITION. 

Sec.  147.  The  report  on  a  petition  must  be  in  writing; 
and  only  the  fact  of  the  report  'being  made,  and  not  its 
character,  whether  favorable  or  unfavorable,  shall  be 
entered  on  the  minutes. 

Sec.  148.  Every  petition  for  the  Orders  of  Knighthood 
shall  declare  the  Lodge  and  Chapter  in  which  the  peti- 
tioner received  the  degrees,  and  also  the  Lodge  and  Chap- 
ter in  which  he  is  then  affiliated,  and  shall  give  his  full 
name,  date  of  birth,  residence  and  occupation  and  shall 
state  whether  he  has  or  has  not  been  previously  rejected 
by  any  Commandery.  The  petitioner  shall  declare  that  he 
is  a  firm  believer  in  the  Christian  Religion,  that  he  has 
read  the  petition  and  that  he  has  personally  signed  the 
same. 

Sec.  149.  No  petition  can  be  received  which  is  signed 
by  more  than  one  applicant. 

Sec.  150.  Each  petition  must  be  signed  by  two  members 
of  the  Commandery,  who  shall  vouch  for  the  good  char- 
acter and  Masonic  standing  of  the  applicant,  and  recom- 
mend his  admission. 

Sec.  151.  A  petition  may  be  withdrawn,  when  there 
has  been  a  favorable  report  by  the  Committee  on  Inquiry, 
and  also  when  it  shall  appear  that  the  Commandery  has 
not  jurisdiction  over  the  petitioner. 

QUALIFICATIONS. 

Sec.  152.  A  Knight  Templar  created  in  a  foreign  juris- 
diction must  have  all  the  Chapter  degrees  conferred  or 
communicated,  as  provided  by  the  General  Grand  Chapter 


38  STATUTES    OF  THE 

of  the  United  States  and  the  Order  of  the  Red  Cross  con- 
ferred or  communicated,  'before  he  can  be  admitted  to  the 
Asylum. 

Sec.  153.  A  petitioner  must  be  physically  able  to  con- 
form to  the  ceremonies  of  the  Order. 

REJECTION. 

Sec.  154.  The  petition  of  one  who  has  been  rejected 
cannot  be  renewed  until  the  expiration  of  at  least  six- 
months  after  such  rejection,  if  still  residing  in  the  juris- 
diction of  the  Commandery  petitioned.  If  the  petitioner 
applies  to  any  other  Commandery,  his  petition  cannot  be 
acted  on  at  any  time  within  three  years  after  his  rejection, 
without  the  consent  by  unanimous  ballot,  of  the  Com- 
mandery by  which  he  was  rejected. 

COMMANDERY. 

ALLEGIANCE. 

Sec.  155.  A  Commandery  is  under  the  exclusive  author- 
ity of  the  Grand  Commandery  having  jurisdiction  over 
the  State,  Territory,  or  District  in  which  it  is  located. 

appearance  in   public. 

Sec.  156.  Commanderies  shall  not  appear  in  public 
without  a  dispensation,  except  upon  funeral  occasions,  or 
to  attend  Religious  Services. 

Sec.  157.  The  determination  of  what  is  a  proper  oc- 
casion for  a  Commandery  to  appear  in  public,  belongs  to 
the  Grand  Master  or  the  Grand  Commander. 

Sec.  158.  When  a  Commandery  appears  in  public  it 
must  be  in  Templar  Uniform. 

asylum. 

Sec.  159.  A  Commandery  may  remove  its  Asylum  from 
one  house  to  another  in  the  same  place,  by  a  vote  of  a  ma- 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  39 

jority  of  its  members  present  at  a  Stated  Conclave,  and 
after  due  notice  of  the  proposed  change. 

CHARTER. 

Sec.  160.  The  Dispensations  or  Charter  of  a  Command- 
ery  must  always  be  present  at  the  opening  and  through- 
out a  Conclave. 

Sec.  161.  The  Commander  is  the  legal  custodian  of  the 
Charter  of  his  Commandery. 

Sec.  162.  A  Commandery  cannot  be  constituted  with- 
out a  Charter. 

Sec.  163.  No  Commandery  can  surrender  its  Charter 
so  long  as  there  are  nine  members  of  the  Commandery 
who  desire  and  are  able  to  work  under  said  Charter. 

Sec.  161.  When  the  Charter  of  a  Commandery  shall 
have  been  surrendered,  or  arrested,  the  members  thereof 
in  good  standing  shall,  upon  payment  of  their  dues  to  the 
Grand  Commandery,  be  entitled  to  a  certificate  of  good 
standing  from  the  Grand  Recorder,  which  shall  have  the 
effect  of  a  demit. 

Sec.  165.  A  Charter,  surrendered  or  arrested,  cannot  be 
used  to  form  a  new  Commandery,  but  may  be  restored  to 
not  less  than  nine  of  the  former  members  in  good  stand- 
ing, who  are  unaffiliated,  by  the  Grand  Encampment  or 
Grand  Commandery.  And  in  this  case  it  is  not  proper 
to  constitute  the  Commandery  again. 

Sec.  166.  The  forfeiture  or  surrender  of  a  Charter  of 
a  Commandery  does  not,  of  itself,  affect  the  good  stand- 
ing of  the  members. 

Sec.  167.  If  the  Charter  of  a  Commandery  should  be 
lost,  mutilated  or  destroyed  the  Grand  Master  or  Grand 
Commander,  respectively,  upon  satisfactory  proof,  shall 
direct  the  Grand  Recorder  to  issue  an  attested  copy  there- 
of under  seal. 


40  STATUTES   OF  THE 


CLOSE. 


Sec.  168.  Commanderies  "close" ;  they  do  not  "call  off" 
or  "adjourn",  but  they  may  close  to  meet  on  another  day 
to  finish  business  that  is  pending. 


COMMITTEES. 


Sec.  169.  A  Commandery  may  provide  for  the  ap- 
pointment of  such  committees  as  may  be  necessary  for 
the  transaction  of  its  business  or  for  the  good  of  the  Order 
and  prescribe  their  duties. 


CONCLAVE. 


Sec.  170.    A  Commandery  can  hold  its  Conclaves  only 
in  the  place  designated  in  its  Dispensation  or  Charter. 

Sec.  171.    The  stated  Conclaves  of  a  Commandery  must 
be  held  at  the  time  fixed  in  its  by-laws. 


demit. 


Sec.  172.  A  member  of  a  Commandery  is  entitled  to  a 
demit,  without  a  vote  of  the  Commandery,  upon  request 
in  writing,  signed  by  the  member  desiring  it,  presented 
in  open  Commandery:  Provided,  all  indebtedness  to  the 
Commandery  shall  have  been  paid  and  no  charges  are 
pending  against  him.  And  this  severs  his  membership, 
whether  a  certificate  issues  or  not. 


DUES. 

Sec.  173.  A  Commandery  may  enact  a  by-law  fixing 
annual  dues,  and  providing  that  members  in  arrears  for 
two  years  shall  be  ineligible  to  office  and  not  entitled  to 
vote,  but  a  member  can  be  disfranchised  only  after  due 
trial. 

Sec.  174.  Suspension  for  non-payment  of  dues  can  be 
inflicted  by  the  Commandery  only  after  due  notice  to  the 
delinquent  to  appear  at  the  time  it  is  proposed  to  act  up- 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  41 

on  his  case,  and  an  opportunity  given  him  to  be  heard  in 
his  defense. 

Sec.  175.  When  members  of  a  Commandery  are  sum- 
moned to  show  cause  why  they  should  not  be  suspended 
for  non-payment  of  dues  and  do  not  appear,  the  Com- 
mander cannot  declare  them  suspended  until  the  Com- 
mandery has  so  voted. 

Sec.  176.  Grand  Commanderies  may  by  Statute  fix 
the  time  for  the  payment  of  annual  dues,  prescribe  the 
penalty  for  non-payment,  and  fix  the  terms  for  restora- 
tion, but  a  member  shall  not  be  deprived  of  any  of  his 
rights  and  privileges  without  due  notice  and  an  oppor- 
tunity to  be  heard  in  his  defense. 

COMMANDERY   ENTERING  ANOTHER  JURISDICTION. 

Sec.  177.  When  a  Commandery  enters  the  jurisdiction 
of  a  Grand  Commandery,  other  than  its  own,  it  is  under 
the  immediate  authority  of  its  own  Grand  Commander. 

COMMANDERY   FAILING   TO    MEET. 

Sec.  178.  A  Commandery  failing  to  meet  for  twelve 
consecutive  months  forfeits  all  of  its  rights  as  a  Com- 
mandery and  its  Charter  may  be  arrested. 

HONORARY   MEMBERSHIP. 

Sec.  179.  A  Commandery  may  elect  as  an  honorary 
member  a  member  of  another  Commandery,  but  this  hon- 
orary membership  does  not  confer  the  right  to  vote,  nor 
any  rank  or  standing  therein ;  nor  does  it  create  any  lia- 
bility for  dues.      It  is  merely  complimentary. 

INSTALLATION. 

Sec.  180.  The  officers  of  a  Commandery  may  be  in- 
stalled by  any  permanent  member  of  the  Grand  Encamp- 


42  STATUTES   OF  THE 

ment,  by  either  of  the  first  four  officers  of  the  Grand 
Commandery,  by  the  Commander,  or  by  a  Past  Com- 
mander of  any  Commandery.  The  ceremony  used  shall 
be  that  prescribed  by  the  Grand  Encampment. 

Sec.  181.  Before  the  installing  officer  shall  administer 
the  vow  of  office  in  a  Commandery,  he  shall  see  that  the 
Constitution  and  Laws  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  the 
Constitution,  Statutes  and  regulations  of  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery, if  under  the  jurisdiction  of  a  Grand  Command- 
ery, the  Rituals  of  the  Red  Cross,  Knight  Templar  and 
the  Order  of  Malta  are  in  possession  of  the  incoming 
Commander  or  properly  accounted  for. 

Sec.  182.  A  Commandery  may  hold  a  public  installa- 
tion in  its  own  Asylum,  but  not  elsewhere  without  a  Dis- 
pensation from  the  Grand  Master  or  the  Grand  Com- 
mander. 

JURISDICTION. 

Sec.  183.  In  the  absence  of  a  Statute  of  the  proper 
Grand  Commandery,  or  of  a  Special  Edict  of  the  Grand 
Encampment,  defining  the  limits  of  each  Commandery, 
the  jurisdiction  thereof,  whether  chartered  or  under  dis- 
pensation, over  petitioners  for  the  Orders,  extends  in 
all  directions  to  one-half  of  the  distance,  by  direct  line, 
between  itself  and  the  next  nearest  Commandery :  Provid- 
ed, That  in  no  case  can  it  extend  beyond  the  limits  of  the 
State,  Territory  or  District  in  which  it  is  located,  unless 
the  Grand  Commandery,  having  jurisdiction,  shall  waive 
it  in  so  far  as  relates  to  territory  nearer  to  a  Commandery 
in  another  jurisdiction,  than  to  any  one  in  its  own  juris- 
diction. 

Sec.  184.  It  is  not  lawful  for  a  Commandery  to  confer 
the  Orders  upon  any  one  residing  within  the  jurisdiction 
of  another  Commandery  without  first  obtaining  the  per- 
mission of  such  Commandery. 

Sec.  185.  When  a  petition  for  the  Orders  is  received 
from  a  sojourner  or  from  one  who  has  not  resided  for  six 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  43 

months  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Commandery,  ex- 
cept as  prescribed  in  the  Constitution  for  persons  in  the 
Army  or  Navy,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  Commandery  receiv- 
ing it  to  notify  the  Commandery  within  whose  jurisdic- 
tion the  petitioner  resided,  and  obtain  its  consent  that 
jurisdiction  shall  be  exercised  over  the  petition  and  the 
petitioner.  It  shall  be  competent,  in  such  cases,  for  a 
Commandery  to  waive  its  jurisdiction  over  such  petition- 
er. 

LIFE    MEMBERSHIP. 

Sec.  186.  A  Commandery  may  adopt  a  by-law  provid- 
ing that  members  who  are  and  shall  remain  in  affiliation 
in  Lodge  and  Chapter,  upon  the  payment  of  a  fixed  sum 
of  money,  in  cash,  may  become  life  members,  and  there- 
after be  exempt  from  the  payment  of  annual  dues. 

membership. 

Sec.  187.  A  Knight  Templar  cannot  he  an  active  mem- 
ber of  two  Commanderies  at  the  same  time. 

Sec.  188.  Affiliation  in  Lodge  and  Chapter  is  necessary 
to  qualify  a  petitioner  for  membership. 

Sec.  189.  Affiliation  in  Lodge  and  Chapter  is  essential 
to  membership  in  a  Commandery  to  the  extent  that  vol- 
untary non-affiliation  in  Lodge  or  Chapter,  for  six  months, 
shall  deprive  a  Knight  Templar  of  his  membership  in  the 
Commandery. 

-     Sec.  190.    A  Knight  Templar  may  be  admitted  to  mem- 
bership in  any  Commandery  regardless  of  his  residence. 

Sec.  191.  Until  the  three  Orders  of  Knighthood  have 
been  conferred  upon  an  applicant,  he  is  not  possessed  of 
the  necessary  qualifications  for  membership,  and  is  not 
therefore  subject  to  the  payment  of  dues.  But  he  is  sub- 
ject to  discipline  by  the  Commandery  for  Masonic  of- 
fenses. 


44  STATUTES   OF  THE 

Sec.  192.  A  member  of  a  Commandery  has  a  right  to 
know  all  the  transactions  at  the  Conclaves  of  his  Com- 
mandery. 

Sec.  193.  Those  to  whom  a  Charter  is  issued  and  those 
who  receive  the  Orders  in  a  Commandery,  are  ipso  facto 
members  thereof,  whether  such  Commandery  be  charter- 
ed or  under  dispensation,  except  where  the  Orders  have 
been  conferred  for  and  by  request  of  another  Command- 
ery. 

MINUTES. 

Sec.  194.  At  the  close  of  every  Conclave  the  minutes 
shall  be  read,  corrected  and  approved ;  they  should  be  en- 
tered on  the  record  before  the  next  stated  Conclave,  at 
which  time  the  journal  should  be  read. 

RANK. 

Sec.  195.  The  first  three  officers  of  a  Commandery, 
when  present,  outrank  Past  Officers,  but  a  Past  Com- 
mander may  preside  in  their  absence,  regardless  of  the 
Commandery  in  which  he  acquired  the  rank. 

RECEPTION  OF  OFFICERS. 

Sec.  196.  A  Grand  Commandery  may  by  regulation 
prescribe  the  form  of  receiving  its  officers  by  a  Com- 
mandery. 

RESIGNATION. 

Sec.  197.  Neither  of  the  first  three  officers  of  a  Char- 
tered Commandery  can  resign  after  installation,  or  de- 
mit during  his  term  of  office. 

seal. 
Sec.  198.    The  presiding  officer  of  a  Commandery  has 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  45 

a  right  to  order  its  seal  affixed  to  any  certificate  or  other 
document  which  he  can  legally  issue  in  the  name  of  the 
Commandery. 

SUMMONS. 

Sec.  199.  A  summons  may  be  issued  by  the  Command- 
er, attested  by  the  Recorder. 

Sec.  200.  A  Summons  must  be  by  personal  service,  or 
left  at  the  residence  or  place  of  business  of  the  person 
summoned,  or  deposited  in  the  postoffic.e,  directed  to  nis 
usual  address. 

Sec.  201.  It  is  necessary  that  the  Seal,  and  not  a  fac- 
simile, should  be  affixed  to  a  Summons,  but  not  to  a  no- 
tice. 

VISITOR. 

Sec.  202.  A  visitor  must  be  examined  in  all  the  pre- 
ceding degrees,  as  well  as  in  the  Orders,  in  so  far  as  he 
is  not  properly  vouched  for. 

Sec.  203.  No  visiting  Knight  Templar  can  be  admit- 
ted to  an  Asylum  if  one  of  the  members  objects,  unless 
he  visits  in  an  official  capacity.  The  objection  may  be 
made  openly  or  privately  to  the  Commander  and  in 
neither  case  can  the  objector  be  required  to  disclose  his 
reason  for  his  objection. 

• 
CORRESPONDENCE. 

Sec.  204.  Correspondence  between  Commanderies  of 
different  Grand  Commanderies  must  be  conducted 
through  their  respective  Grand  Commanders. 

Sec.  205.  Correspondence  between  a  Commandery  un- 
der the  immediate  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment and  a  Commandery  of  a  Grand  Commandery  must 
be  conducted  through  the  Grand  Master  and  the  Grand 
Commander. 


46  STATUTES   OF  THE 

Sec.  206.  Complaints  and  all  correspondence  must  be 
addressed  in  the  first  instance  to  the  Commander,  and 
through  him  to  the  Grand  Commander,  and  through  him 
to  the  Grand  Master,  if  the  latter  has  any  jurisdiction  in 
the  case,  but  a  member  of  the  Grand  Encampment  may 
communicate  directly  with  the  Grand  Master;  and  a  Past 
Grand  Commander,  and  all  officers  of  a  Grand  Command- 
ery,  may  communicate  directly  with  the  Grand  Com- 
mander. In  case  the  proper  officer  refuses  or  neglects 
to  forward  communications  as  herein  provided,  the  com- 
plainant may  transmit  the  same  directly  to  the  superior 
officer. 

Sec.  207.  A  member  of  a  Commandery  under  the  im- 
mediate jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  in  apply- 
ing to  the  Grand  Master  for  a  decision,  must  do  so 
through  his  Commander. 


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DECISIONS. 

Sec  208.  The  decisions  of  the  Grand  Master,  or  Grand 
Commander,  are  binding  until  reversed  by  the  Grand  En- 
campment or  Grand  Commandery,  and  the  latest  decision 
upon  any  given  subject  is  the  one  which  governs. 

DISCIPLINE. 

Sec  209.  The  Disciplinary  Rules  following  these 
Statutes,  shall  be  observed  in  the  conduct  of  all  trials  and 
all  the  incidents  connected  therewith. 

ELECTION. 

Sec  210.  All  elections  in  Templar  Bodies  must  be  by 
ballot. 

Sec  211.  Blanks  are  not  votes  and  cannot  be  consid- 
ered as  such. 

Sec  212.  No  nominations  shall  be  made  at  an  election 
in  any  Templar  Body. 

Sec  213.  Any  member  is  eligible  to  election  to  any  of- 
fice in  the  Commandery,  who  is  in  good  standing. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT   K.    T.  A7 

EXTINCT  COMMANDERY. 

Sec.  214.  A  member  of  an  extinct  Commandery  is 
not  liable  for  dues  after  the  Commandery  becomes  ex- 
tinct. The  Grand  Commandery  has  the  right  to  collect 
from  members  of  an  extinct  Commandery  all  dues  charge- 
able against  them  at  the  time  it  became  extinct,  and  to 
discipline  those  who  refuse  or  neglect  to  pay  the  same. 

Sec.  215.  When  a  Commandery  has  ceased  to  exist, 
its  members  may  join  another  Commandery,  upon  peti- 
tion, and  certificate  from  the  Grand  Recorder  of  the 
Grand  Encampment,  or  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  that 
his  standing  therein  was  good  when  said  Commandery 
ceased  to  exist. 

Sec.  216.  The  funds  and  property  of  an  extinct  Com- 
mandery become  the  property  of  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment or  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  which  may  make 
such  disposition  thereof  as  it  deems  proper. 

Sec.  217.  When  a  Commandery  under  Dispensation 
ceases  to  exist,  it  cannot  be  revived  and  the  unaffiliated 
petitioners,  as  well  as  those  Knighted  therein,  are  entitled 
to  a  certificate  from  the  Grand  Recorder  showing  that 
they  are  non-afhiiated  Knights  Templar,  which  shall  have 
the  effect  of  a  demit. 

GRAND  COMMANDERY. 

COMMITTEES. 

Sec.  218.  A  Grand  Commandery  may  provide  for  the 
appointment  of  such  committees  as  may  be  necessary  for 
the  transaction  of  its  business  or  for  the  good  of  the  Or- 
der, and  may  prescribe  their  duties. 

continuance. 

Sec.  210.  A  Grand  Commandery  once  formed  continues 
to  exist  as  long  as  it  has  three  Commanderies ;  when  th« 


48  STATUTES   OF  THE 

number  of  its  Commanderies  is  less  than  three  it  be- 
comes extinct,  and  its  property  and  effects  vest  in  the 
Grand  Encampment. 

DISSOLUTION. 

Sec.  220.  If  a  Grand  Commandery  should  dissolve,  its 
Commanderies  pass  at  once  under  the  immediate  author- 
ity of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

INSTALLATION  OF  OFFICERS. 

Sec.  221.  The  officers  of  a  Grand  Commandery  may  be 
installed  by  either  of  the  first  four  officers  of  the  Grand 
Encampment,  by  a  past  Grand  Master,  by  the  Grand 
Commander,  or  by  a  Past  Grand  Commander.  If  none 
such  be  present,  then  by  the  ranking  Past  Commander,  by 
service,  who  may  be  present. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Sec.  222.  The  membership  of  a  Grand  Commandery 
or  Commandery,  cannot  be  enlarged  or  restricted  from 
that  prescribed  by  the  Constitution  of  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment. 

Sec.  223.  A  member  of  a  Grand  Commandery  forfeits 
all  rights  of  membership  by  being  unaffiliated  for  a  period 
of  six  months,  during  such  period  of  non-affiliation. 

Sec.  224.  A  member  of  a  Grand  Commandery  does  not 
forfeit  any  of  the  rights  of  membership  by  moving  out 
of  the  jurisdiction,  provided  he  maintains  affiliation  in  a 
Commandery  within  the  jurisdiction. 

ORGANIZATION. 

Sec.  225.  When  a  Warrant  is  duly  issued,  a  convention 
of  the  representatives  of  at  least  three  of  the  petitioning 
Commanderies  is  held ;  the  Warrant  of  the  Grand  Master 
is  read ;  credentials  are  examined  and  approved ;  a  resolu- 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  49 

tion  is  adopted  agreeing  to  form  a  Grand  Commandery ; 
officers  are  elected  and  installed;  Statutes  are  enacted. 
All  of  these  proceedings  must  be  entered  upon  the  jour- 
nal, and  due  report  thereof  made  to  the  Grand  Master 
and  Grand  Recorder  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

RANK   OF    COMMANDERIES. 

Sec.  226.  The  Commanderies  rank  according  to  the 
dates  of  their  Charters ;  and  in  the  absence  of  the  Grand 
Master,  or  his  duly  appointed  proxy,  the  Commander  of 
the  oldest  Commandery  is,  by  courtesy,  entitled  to  com- 
mand or  preside  until  a  Grand  Commander  is  elected  and 
installed. 

► 

representatives. 

Sec.  227.  Grand  Commanderies  cannot  exchange  rep- 
resentatives with  Knights  Templar  organizations  outside 
of  the  Jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encampment  of  the 
United  States. 

GRAND  ENCAMPMENT. 

COMMITTEES. 

Sec.  228.     The  Standing  Committees  shall  be: 

(1)  A  Committee  on  Templar  Jurisprudence. 

(2)  A  Committee  on  Finance. 

(3)  A  Committee  on  the  Acts  of  Grand  Officers. 

(4)  A  Committee  on  Dispensations  and  Charters. 

(5)  A  Committee  on  Grievances. 

(6)  A  Committee  on  Foreign  Relations. 

(7)  A  Committee  to  designate  the  time  and  place  for 
holding  the  next  Triennial  Conclave. 

(8)  A  Committee  on  Unfinished  Business. 

(9)  A  Committee  on  Printing. 

Sec.  229.  Each  Standing  Committee,  except  as  other- 
wise provided,  shall  consist  of  five  members. 


50  STATUTES   OF  THE 

A.  The  Committee  on  Printing  shall  consist  of  the 
Grand  Master,  Deputy  Grand  Master  and  the  Grand  Re- 
corder. 

B.  The  Committee  on  Templar  Jurisprudence,  the 
Committee  on  Finance  and  the  Committee  on  Foreign 
Relations  shall  be  appointed  at  each  Triennial  Conclave 
by  the  newly  elected  Grand  Master  and  shall  serve  until 
the  close  of  the  next  Triennial  Conclave. 

C.  The  Committees  on  Templar  Jurisprudence  and 
Finance  shall  meet  at  the  place  designated  for  holding  the 
Triennial  Conclave  on  the  Thursday  preceding  the  time 
fixed  for  the  Conclave. 

D.  The  remaining  standing  Committees,  namely,  the 
Committee  on  the  Acts  of  the  Grand  Officers,  the  Com- 
mittee on  Dispensations  and  Charters,  the  Committee  on 
Grievances,  the  Committee  to  designate  the  time  and 
place  for  holding  the  next  Triennial  Conclave,  and  the 
Committee  on  Unfinished  Business,  shall  be  appointed  by 
the  Grand  Master  at  the  beginning  of  each  Triennial  Con- 
clave and  shall  serve  until  the  close  of  the  Conclave. 

CREDENTIALS. 

Sec.  230.  A  Committee  on  Credentials,  consisting  of 
three  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Grand  Master  at  the  open- 
ing of  the  Grand  Encampment,  to  report  as  soon  as  prac- 
ticable :  Provided,  That  no  representative  of  a  Grand  Com- 
mandery  or  of  a  Commandery  shall  be  entitled  to  a  seat, 
unless  the  dues  shall  have  been  paid,  except  by  consent 
of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

TEMPLAR   JURISPRUDENCE. 

Sec.  231.  The  Committee  on  Templar  Jurisprudence 
shall  consider  all  decisions  upon  questions  of  Templar 
Law  and  usage  reported  by  the  Grand  Master  and  such 
other  matters  as  may  be  referred  to  them  by  him  or  the 
Grand  Encampment,  and  its  conclusions  shall  be  reported 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  51 

to  the  Grand  Encampment.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  Com- 
mittee when  called  upon  to  give  opinions  on  the  legisla- 
tive, judicial  and  executive  functions  of  the  Grand  En- 
campment, the  Grand  Commanderies  and  the  Command- 
eries,  and  on  the  prerogatives,  powers  and  duties  of  the 
officers  and  members  of  the  Grand  and  constituent  bodies. 
It  shall  advise  upon  all  questions  of  Templar  Law  and 
report  upon  all  propositions  for  amendment  of  the  Con- 
stitution and  Statutes  and  upon  all  proposed  regulations 
and  edicts. 

FINANCE. 

Sec.  232.  The  Committee  on  Finance  shall  audit  the 
accounts  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  examine  the  books 
and  vouchers  of  the  Grand  Treasurer,  Grand  Recorder 
and  the  Trustees  of  the  Permanent  Fund  and  of  such 
Committees,  Officers  or  members  of  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment as  may  have  possession  of  any  funds  or  property  of 
the  Grand  Encampment,  make  up  the  expense  bills  and 
mileage  rolls  of  such  officers,  members  of  Committees 
and  others  as  should  be  paid,  and  recommend  such  appro- 
priations as  may  be  necessary  to  meet  the  current  ex- 
penses of  the  ensuing  three  years.  The  Committee  may 
require  itemized  statements  of  accounts,  and  shall  inquire 
particularly  into  the  estimates  for  current  expenses  and 
no  appropriation  shall  be  made  without  reference  to  the 
Committee  on  Finance  and  its  report  thereon. 

THE  ACTS  OF  GRAND  OFFICERS. 

Sec.  233.  The  reports  of  the  several  Grand  Officers 
shall  be  furnished  to  the  Committee  on  the  Acts  of  the 
Grand  Officers  as  soon  as  it  is  appointed,  and  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Committee  to  recommend  the  reference  of 
the  various  subjects  embraced  in  such  reports  to  the  ap- 
propriate committees  for  their  consideration,  or  to  rec- 
ommend action  thereon. 


52  STATUTES    OF  THE 


DISPENSATIONS   AND    CHARTERS. 

Sec.  234.  The  Committee  on  Dispensations  and  Char- 
ters shall  examine  the  reports  and  returns  from  Com- 
manderies  working  under  dispensation  from  the  Grand 
Master  or  the  Grand  Encampment,  noting  particularly 
the  nature  and  progress  of  their  work.  It  shall  report 
upon  all  applications  to  the  Grand  Encampment  for  dis- 
pensations or  Charters  and  for  the  restoration  of  dispensa- 
tions or  Charters  which  may  have  been  arrested.  It  shall 
also  report  upon  all  matters  referred  to  it,  connected  with 
the  general  subject  of  Dispensations  and  Charters. 

grievances. 

Sec.  235.  The  Committee  on  Grievances  shall  criti- 
cally examine  all  cases  of  complaint  or  grievance  sub- 
mitted to  it  and  report  its  conclusions  and  recommenda- 
tions for  the  guidance  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  in  its 
action  on  any  such  case. 

FOREIGN    RELATIONS. 

Sec.  236.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Committee  on  For- 
eign Relations  to  report  to  the  Grand  Encampment  all 
matters  of  interest  connected  with  the  doings  and  current 
history  of  Foreign  Knights  Templar  Bodies,  to  make  such 
suggestions  as  may  conduce  to  the  benefit  and  good  of  the 
Order  of  Christian  Knighthood  throughout  the  world,  and 
to  consider  and  report  upon  such  correspondence  as  may 
be  had  between  this  Grand  Encampment  and  any  body 
of  Foreign  Knights  Templar. 

TIME    AND    PLACE    OF    NEXT    CONCLAVE. 

Sec.  237.  To  the  Committee  to  designate  the  time  and 
place  for  holding  the  Triennial  Conclave,  shall  be  referred 
all  invitations  to  the  Grand  Encampment  for  the  succeed- 
ing Triennial  Conclave,  and  it  shall  recommend  to  the 
Grand  Encampment  a  suitable  place  for  holding  such 
Conclave. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT   K.    T.  53 

UNFINISHED  BUSINESS. 

Sec.  238.  The  Committee  on  Unfinished  Business  shall 
examine  the  proceedings  of  the  last  Triennial  Conclave 
and  call  the  attention  of  the  Grand  Encampment  to  any 
matters  requiring  attention  and  remaining  undisposed  of. 

PRINTING. 

Sec.  239.  The  Committee  on  Printing  shall  determine, 
in  the  absence  of  instructions  by  the  Grand  Encampment, 
what  portion  of  the  proceedings  shall  be  printed  and  sup- 
ervise the  same. 

commandery  outside  united  states. 

Sec.  240.  Whenever  the  Grand  Encampment  shall 
establish  a  Commandery  at  any  place  outside  of  the  ter- 
ritorial limits  of  the  United  States,  it  shall  define  its  juris- 
dictional limits. 

contingent  fund  of  grand  master. 

Sec.  241.  The  Contingent  Fund  of  the  Grand  Master 
shall  be  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum,  to  be  paid  by 
the  Grand  Treasurer,  on  his  warrant  as  needed  by  him, 
and  may  be  increased,  if  necessary,  to  fully  reimburse  him 
for  his  expenses  in  the  administration  of  his  office. 

contingent  fund  of  grand  recorder. 

Sec.  242.  There  shall  be  appropriated  at  each  Triennial 
Conclave  of  the  Grand  Encampment  a  sufficient  sum  to 
be  used  by  the  Grand  Recorder  to  meet  the  current  ex- 
penses of  his  office,  of  which  he  shall  render  an  account 
at  the  succeeding  Triennial  Conclave. 

ELECTION  OF  OFFICERS. 

Sec.  243.  The  Grand  Encampment  shall  proceed  to  the 
election  of  its  officers  to  serve  for  the  next  ensuing  three 


54  STATUTES    OF  THE 

years,  immediately  after  the  opening  of  the  first  session 
on  the  third  day  of  the  Triennial  Conclave,  and  such  elec- 
tion may  continue  from  day  to  day  until  all  elective 
officers  shall  have  been  elected. 

FUNDS. 

Sec.  244.  Any  Grand  Officer  or  member  of  the  Grand 
Encampment  not  otherwise  specified,  coming  into  the  re- 
ceipt of  moneys  or  property  belonging  to  the  Grand  En- 
campment, shall  forthwith  remit  the  same  to  the  Grand 
Recorder. 

GRAND    RECORDER. 

Sec.  245.  The  Grand  Recorder  shall  report  to  the 
Grand  Encampment,  on  the  first  day  of  each  Triennial 
Conclave  and  to  the  Grand  Master  annually  on  the  first 
day  of  September,  except  the  year  of  the  Triennial  Con- 
clave, when  it  shall  be  done  a  month  preceding  said  Con- 
clave a  list  of  the  Grand  Commanderies  and  Command- 
eries  under  the  immediate  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  En- 
campment, which  have  not  complied  with  the  require- 
ment to  furnish  their  full  annual  historical  and  financial 
returns.  The  report  to  the  Grand  Encampment  shall  in- 
clude a  list  of  such  as  have  not  paid  their  dues. 

Sec.  246.  He  shall  keep  a  "Book  of  Templar  Masonry," 
in  which  shall  be  entered,  in  appropriate  columns,  the 
following  subjects : 

A.     A  register  of  Commanderies  to  contain — 

The  date  of  every  Warrant  issued  by  the  Grand  Master 
for  the  formation  of  a  Grand  Commandery,  and  the  date 
when  constituted. 

The  date  of  every  Dispensation  issued  for  a  Command- 
ery, and — 

The  date  of  every  Charter  issued  for  a  Commandery 
granted  by  authority  of  the  Grand  Encampment  since  its 
organization. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  55 

B.  A  register  of  membership,  to  contain — 

The  roll  of  officers  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  with 
their  term  of  service,  etc.,  since  the  organization  of  the 
same. 

The  roll  of  Elective  Officers  of  the  Grand  Command- 
eries,  terms  of  service,  etc.,  from  the  organization  of  each. 

The  roll  of  Officers  and  members  of  the  Commanderies 
working  under  the  immediate  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand 
Encampment,  showing : 

The  current  changes  resulting  from  demissions,  sus- 
pensions, expulsions  and  deaths. 

C.  Historical  data,  which  may  be  useful  in  preserving 
a  complete  history  of  Templar  Masonry  in  the  United 
States : 

To  bind  in  orderly  volumes  a  copy  of  each  of  the  Pro- 
ceedings of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

To  collect  and  bind  in  orderly  volumes  a  copy  of  each 
of  the  Proceedings  of  the  several  Grand  Commanderies, 
from  the  organization  of  each. 

To  collect  and  bind  in  orderly  volumes  a  copy  of  the 
Statutes  and  Regulations  of  each  of  the  Grand  Command- 
eries. 

To  collect  and  bind  in  an  orderly  volume,  impressions 
of  the  Seals  of  all  the  Grand  Commanderies. 

To  collect  and  bind  in  orderly  volumes  copies  of  the 
By-Laws  of  all  the  Commanderies  working  under  the 
immediate  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

To  collect  and  bind  in  an  orderly  volume  impressions 
of  the  Seal  of  each  Commandery  working  under  the 
immediate  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

Sec.  2-17.  He  shall  render  annually  on  the  first  day  of 
September  to  the  Grand  Master,  and  oftener  if  required,  a 
statement  of  his  accounts  of  all  moneys  received  by  him 
and  paid  to  the  Grand  Treasurer,  naming  the  sources  from 
which  received :  Provided,  That  in  the  year  in  which  the 
Triennial  Conclave  is  held,  it  shall  be  rendered  the  first 
day  of  the  month  preceding  such  Conclave. 


56  STATUTES   OF  THE 

Sec.  248.  He  shall  render  to  the  Grand  Encampment, 
triennially,  a  full  report  of  his  official  acts,  giving  a  gen- 
eral account  of  the  moneys  received  and  paid  to  the 
Grand  Treasurer;  also  a  statement  of  the  expenditures 
of  the  "contingent  fund"  of  his  office,  and  shall  submit  his 
books  for  the  inspection  of  the  Finance  Committee. 

Sec.  249.  When  a  Dispensation  has  been  issued  for  the 
formation  of  a  Commandery,  he  shall  immediately  for- 
ward to  the  Commander  thereof  a  copy  of  the  Constitu- 
tion, together  with  the  Statutes,  Edicts,  and  Proceedings 
of  the  Grand  Encampment  next  preceding  the  issue  of 
the  Dispensation. 

Sec.  250.  He  shall  cause  to  be  printed  in  advance  of 
each  Conclave,  a  sufficient  number  of  copies  of  the  re- 
ports of  the  Grand  Officers  to  supply  the  Committees  and 
members. 

Sec.  251.  The  Grand  Recorder  of  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment shall  receive  ten  dollars  as  his  fee  for  each  Charter 
issued  for  a  Commandery  and  five  dollars  for  endorsing 
under  the  Seal  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  the  extension 
of  a  Dispensation. 

INSTALLATION. 

Sec  252.  The  officers  of  the  Grand  Encampment  shall 
be  installed  by  the  Grand  Master,  or  by  a  Past  Grand 
Master.  If  none  such  are  present,  then  by  the  ranking 
Past  Grand  Commander,  by  service,  who  may  be  present. 

Sec.  253.  Officers-elect  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  or 
of  a  Grand  Commandery,  who  cannot  be  present  at  the 
regular  time  for  installation,  may  be  installed  in  such 
Commandery  as  the  Grand  Encampment  or  Grand  Com- 
mandery, respectively,  may  designate. 

Sec.  254.  The  Recorder  of  the  Commandery  in  which 
such  installation  shall  take  place  shall  forthwith  certify 
the  fact  to  the  Grand  Recorder. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  57 

JEWEL    OF    PAST    GRAND    MASTER. 

Sec.  255.  The  Jewel  of  a  Past  Grand  Master  is  that 
adopted  by  the  Grand  Encampment  in  1877. 

NON-AFFILIATION    FORFEITS    MEMBERSHIP. 

Sec.  256.  A  member  of  the  Grand  Encampment  for- 
feits all  the  rights  of  membership  by  being  unaffiliated 
for  a  period  of  six  months,  during  such  period  of  non- 
affiliation. 

PARADE. 

Sec.  257.  The  Grand  Encampment  will  accept  no 
invitation  to  unite  in  a  Templar  parade  during  its  Con- 
claves. 

REVENUE. 

Sec.  258.  The  Grand  Encampment  shall  charge  and  re- 
ceive for  each  Dispensation  and  Charter  issued  to  a  Com- 
mandery  under  its  immediate  jurisdiction,  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  dollars,  which  shall  be  paid  to  the  Recorder  of 
the  Grand  Encampment  before  the  Dispensation  is  issued. 

Sec.  259.  Commanderies  under  the  immediate  juris- 
diction of  the  Grand  Encampment  shall  pay  to  the  Grand 
Recorder  of  the  Grand  Encampment  the  sum  of  two  dol- 
lars for  each  Knight  Templar  created  in  such  Command- 
ery,  and  an  annual  per  capita  of  one  dollar  for  each 
member  on  the  roll  on  the  first  day  of  January  in  each 
year. 

The  Grand  Commanderies  shall  pay  to  the  Grand 
Recorder  of  the  Grand  Encampment  such  an  amount  as 
may  be  prescribed  by  the  Grand  Encampment  as  dues 
for  each  Knight  Templar  returned  as  a  member  of  the 
respective  Commanderies  at  the  Conclave  of  the  Grand 
Commandery  preceding  July  1st,  in  each  year. 


58  STATUTES   OF  THE 


READING  OF  THE  JOURNAL. 


Sec.  260.  After  the  opening  of  the  Grand  Encampment, 
it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Grand  Recorder  to  read  the 
Journal  of  the  last  Triennial  Conclave,  unless  such  read- 
ing be  dispensed  with ;  and  at  the  resumption  of  business 
in  each  successive  morning  session,  the  minutes  of  the 
preceding  day  shall  'be  read. 

REPORTS    OF    GRAND    OFFICERS. 

Sec.  261.  The  Grand  Master,  the  Deputy  Grand  Mas- 
ter, the  Grand  Generalissimo,  the  Grand  Captain-General, 
the  Grand  Treasurer,  and  the  Grand  Recorder  shall  suc- 
cessively read  the  reports  of  their  doings  during  the  pre- 
ceding three  years,  which  shall  be  referred  to  the  Stand- 
ing Committee  on  the  Acts  of  the  Grand  Officers,  who 
may  recommend  the  apportionment  of  such  parts  thereof 
to  Special,  or  to  such  Standing  Committee  as  they  may 
deem  necessary  or  proper. 

Sec.  262.  While  the  several  Committees  are  preparing 
their  reports,  new  business  may  be  acted  upon;  and  if 
any  subject  is  brought  forward  requiring  a  reference  to 
any  Standing  or  Special  Committee,  it  shall  be  so  refer- 
red forthwith. 

Sec.  263.  No  member  shall  be  allowed  to  speak  more 
than  once  on  the  same  subject,  unless  by  special  permis- 
sion of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

SEAL. 

Sec.  264.  The  Seal  of  the  Grand  Encampment  consists 
of  a  circle  two  inches  in  diameter  shaded  one-eighth  of  an 
inch  inside,  enclosing  a  circle  one  and  one-half  inches  in 
diameter.  Between  the  outer  and  inner  circles  are  the 
words  'Grand  Encampment  of  Knights  Templar  of  the 
U.  S.  A."  Within  the  inner  circle  is  a  representation  of  a 
Knight   in    full   armor   leaning   on    his   sword,   which    is 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  59 

grasped  by  his  right  hand ;  his  left  arm  supports  a  shield, 
trangular  in  shape,  upon  which  is  emblazoned  a  cross,  the 
three  upper  arms  of  which  terminate  with  a  c.rosshead. 

INSTALLATION. 

Sec.  265.  It  is  not  necessary  for  a  re-elected  officer  to 
be  installed,  as  he  holds  over,  by  virtue  of  his  former  elec- 
tion and  installation,  until  his  successor  is  installed. 

Sec.  266.  The  officers  to  be  installed  cannot  be  repre- 
sented by  proxy. 

ITINERANT  COMMANDERY. 

Sec.  267.  No  Dispensation  or  Charter  can  be  granted 
to  organize  a  traveling  or  itinerant  Commandery. 

MOUNTED  COMMANDERY. 

Sec.  268.  A  Commandery  requires  no  dispensation  or 
permission  to  change  to  a  "Mounted  Commandery." 

NEW  COMMANDERY. 

ASYLUM. 

Sec.  269.  No  Commandery  shall  be  constituted  until  it 
is  provided  with  a  suitable  Asylum  properly  furnished. 

BY-LAWS. 

Sec.  270.  When  a  Commandery  has  been  chartered  and 
constituted  it  must  enact  by-laws  for  its  government  and 
the  transaction  of  its  business,  subject,  however,  to  the 
Constitution  and  Laws  of  the  Grand  Encampment  and  the 
Grand  Commandery. 

Sec.  271.  The  first  three  officers  of  a  new  Command- 
ery shall  be  appointed  by  the   Grand  Master  or  Grand 


60  STATUTES   OF  THE 

Commander,  and  when  a  charter  is  issued  shall  be  named 
in  it,  and  serve  until  the  Commandery  is  constituted, 
when  officers  shall  be  elected  and  installed. 

COMMENCEMENT  OF  WORK. 

Sec.  272.  A  Commandery  Under  Dispensation  requires 
no  formal  proceedings  in  order  to  commence  work.  The 
members  assemble  and  proceed  as  if  regularly  consti- 
tuted. 

CONSTITUTION. 

Sec.  273.  A  Commandery  Under  Dispensation  cannot 
be  constituted.  It  cannot  enact  By-Laws,  but  it  may 
prescribe  such  rules  as  are  necessary  for  its  government. 
It  cannot  be  represented  in  a  Grand  Body. 

Sec.  274.  A  Commandery  can  be  constituted  only  by 
the  Grand  Master,  or  the  Grand  Commander,  or  by  ap- 
pointed proxy,  after  it  has  been  chartered,  and  nine  mem- 
bers must  be  present. 

Sec.  275.  When  constituted,  report  thereof  shall  be 
made  to  the  Grand  Master  or  Grand  Commander,  as  the 
case  may  be,  by  the  officer  constituting  the  same. 

Sec.  276.  The  officers  of  a  Commandery  which  has  not 
been  constituted  are  not  members  of  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery and  cannot  vote  therein,  although  the  Charter 
of  their  Commandery  has  been  issued. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Sec.  277.  After  a  Dispensation  is  granted  to  form  a 
new  Commandery,  the  membership  of  the  Knights  who 
petitioned  therefor  remains  in  abeyance  as  to  the  older 
Commanderies  to  which  they  belonged,  when  signing  the 
petition.  They  become  active  members  of  the  Command- 
ery while  under  dispensation,  and  when  a  Charter  is 
granted,  and  the  Commandery  constituted,  they  continue 


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to  be  members  of  the  new  Commandery  and  cease  to  be 
members  of  the  old  ones,  except  such  as  may  have  with- 
drawn before  the  Charter  was  granted  and  had  their  de- 
mits returned  to  the  Commanderies  which  issued  them. 


PETITIONERS. 

Sec.  278.  Petitioners  for  a  new  Commandery  must  file 
their  demits  with  the  Grand  Recorder.  Commanderies 
may,  however,  issue  conditional  demits  to  such  petition- 
ers, to  become  final  only  when  the  charter  for  the  new 
Commandery  has  been  granted,  of  which  fact  the  Grand 
Recorder  shall  notify  the  Commanderies  issuing  them. 
And  if  a  Charter  be  refused,  the  Grand  Recorder  shall 
cancel  and  return  such  conditional  demits  to  the  several 
Commanderies  which  issued  them.  In  the  meantime  such 
petitioners  shall  not  be  liable  to  the  parent  Command- 
eries for  dues. 

Sec.  279.  Any  signer  of  a  petition  for  a  Dispensation, 
may  dissolve  his  connection  with  such  new  Commandery 
before  a  Charter  has  been  granted ;  and,  thereupon,  his 
conditional  demit  shall  be  canceled  and  returned  by  the 
Grand  Recorder  to  the  Commandery  which  issued  it  and 
his  membership  revives  in  his  old  Commandery. 


REFUSAL  OF  DISPENSATION. 

Sec.  280.  When  a  Dispensation  for  a  new  Command- 
ery has  been  refused  the  matter  can  be  revived  only  by  a 
new  petition. 

POWERS. 

Sec.  281.  Except  as  otherwise  provided,  a  Command- 
ery Under  Dispensation  has  the  same  rights  and  powers 
as  a  Chartered  Commandery. 


62  STATUTES    OF  THE 


RESIGNATION. 

Sec.  282.  Any  officer  of  a  Commandery  Under  Dispen- 
sation may  resign  with  the  consent  of  the  Grand  Master 
or  Grand  Commander. 

STATUS   OF    INITIATES. 

Sec.  283  Knights  Templar  created  in  a  Commandery 
Under  Dispensation,  sustain  the  exact  relation  to  that 
Commandery  and  to  other  Templars  which  is  sustained 
by  those  Knighted  in  Chartered  Commanderies. 

TERM    OF   OFFICE. 

Sec.  284.  The  officers  ordinarily  hold  office  during  the 
continuance  of  the  Dispensation ;  but  the  Grand  blaster 
or  Grand  Commander  has  the  power  to  relieve  an  officer 
and  appoint  another. 

UNFINISHED   WORK. 

Sec.  285.  Petitions  presented  to  a  Commandery  Under 
Dispensation  and  not  balloted  on,  may  be  considered  and 
acted  upon  by  the  Commandery  after  it  shall  have  been 
duly  constituted  under  charter. 

PAST  COMMANDER. 

Sec.  286.  A  Past  Commander  demitting  to  the  juris- 
diction of  another  Grand  Commandery,  forfeits  his  mem- 
bership in  the  Grand  Commandery  of  which  he  has  been  a 
member,  and  acquires  no  rank  in  the  Grand  Commandery 
of  the  jurisdiction  in  which  he  has  affiliated,  but  a  Past 
Grand  Commander  or  a  Past  Commander  demitting  to  the 
jurisdiction  of  another  Grand  Commandery,  may  be  elect- 
ed to  membership  therein,  and  retain  the  rank  held  before 
his  removal. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  63 

Sec.  287.  Seniority  of  service  is  not  affected  by  the 
Commandery  in  which  the  title  was  acquired,  but  a  Past 
Commander  must  be  a  member  of  the  Commandery  in 
which  he  officiates,  except  in  cases  otherwise  provided. 

QUORUM. 

Sec.  288.  In  all  Templar  Bodies,  a  quorum  consists  of 
nine  members  entitled  to  vote  therein,  including  an  officer 
authorized  to  open  the  same ;  in  the  Grand  Encampment, 
three  or  more  Grand  Commanderies,  and  in  a  Grand  Com- 
mandery, three  or  more  Commanderies  must  be  repre- 
sented. 

Sec.  289.  In  the  absence  of  a  quorum,  no  business  can 
be  transacted ;  but  a  quorum  being  present,  the  vote  of  a 
less  number  is  valid. 

RANK. 

Sec.  290.  One  who  has  filled  by  installation  and  a  term 
of  service,  the  office  of  Grand  Master,  Grand  Commander, 
or  Commander,  retains  the  rank  and  title,  with  the  word 
"past"  prefixed. 

Sec.  291.  The  Commander  of  a  Commandery  Under 
Dispensation  does  not  become  a  Past  Commander  when 
such  Commandery  is  chartered. 

RITUAL. 

Sec.  292.  The  Rituals,  as  promulgated  by  the  Grand 
Encampment,  cannot  be  altered  or  abridged  except  by  the 
action  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

RULES  OF  ORDER. 

Sec.  293.  When  the  presiding  officer  wishes  the  debate 
to  close  he  rises,  and  that  ends  the  discussion. 


64  STATUTES    OF  THE 


STANDARDS. 


Sec.  294.  The  Grand  Standard  is  of  white  woolen  or 
silk  stuff,  five  feet  in  height  and  three  feet  in  width,  made 
tripartite  at  the  bottom,  fastened  at  the  top  to  the  cross 
bar  by  nine  rings;  in  the  center  of  the  field,  a  blood  red 
passion  cross,  over  which  is  the  motto  In  hoc  signo 
vinces" ;  and  under  "Non  Nobis  Domine,  non  Nobis  sed 
nomini  tuo  da  Gloriam" .  The  cross  to  be  three  feet  hish 
and  the  upright  and  bar  to  be  six  inches  wide.  On  the  top 
of  the  staff,  a  gilded  globe  or  ball,  four  inches  in  diame- 
ter, surmounted  by  the  Patriarchal  Cross,  twelve  inches  in 
height— the  cross  to  be  crimson,  edged  with  gold. 

The  Beauseant  of  the  Order  shall  be  of  silk,  in  two 
stripes  of  equal  width  running  horizontally,  the  upper 
stripe  black  and  the  lower  stripe  white — six  feet  fly  and 
three  feet  six  inches  on  the  staff;  swallow-tailed  one-third 
its  length;  the  edges  of  the  flag  shall  be  plain  without 
fringe.  The  name  of  the  Commandery  shall  be  placed 
upon  its  upper  stripe,  and  its  location  on  the  lower  stripe, 
the  lettering  being  in  contra  colors  to  the  field.  The  staff 
shall  be  nine  feet  in  length,  including  the  cross-head, 
which  shall  be  of  gold  or  gilt  metal,  consisting  of  a  ball 
surmounted  by  the  Patriarchal  Cross.  Cords  and  tassels 
composed  of  strands  of  black  and  white  silk  in  equal  pro- 
portions, shall  be  attached  to  the  base  of  the  crosshead. 

STANDING. 

Sec.  295.  When  a  Knight  Templar  has  been  suspended 
or  expelled  for  unknightly  conduct  he  may  be  restored 
to  good  standing  and  to  membership  on  petition,  if  the 
ballot  shall  be  unanimous.  But  if  it  be  a  majority  ballot, 
to  good  standing  and  not  to  membership. 

Sec.  296.  When  a  member  of  a  Commandery  loses  his 
good  standing  by  being  suspended,  expelled  or  stricken 
from  the  roll  of  his  Lodge  or  Chapter,  and  his  suspension 
or  expulsion  by  the  Commandery  is  the  result  thereof,  a 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  65 

certificate   of   his   restoration   will    restore   him    to   good 
standing  and  membership  in  his  Commandery. 

Sec.  297.  The  suspension  or  expulsion  of  a  Knight 
Templar  by  the  Grand  Encampment,  by  a  Grand  Com- 
mandery, by  a  Commandery  or  by  a  Lodge  or  Chapter, 
deprives  him  of  membership  in  the  Commandery,  and  of 
all  the  rights  and  privileges  of  Knighthood  so  long  as  the 
judgment  remains  in  force. 

Sec.  298.  When  the  suspension  or  expulsion  is  made 
or  confirmed  by  the  Grand  Lodge  or  Grand  Chapter,  as 
the  case  may  be,  the  commandery  cannot  go  behind  the 
record  or  adjudicate  upon  the  question  of  jurisdiction. 

Sec.  299.  Acquittal,  suspension  or  expulsion  by  Lodge 
or  Chapter,  does  not  deprive  his  Commandery  of  the  right 
to  try  him  for  the  same  or  other  offenses  committed  either 
before  or  after  his  trial  in  Lodge  or  Chapter. 

Sec.  300.  In  the  event  that  the  suspension  or  expul- 
sion is  by  the  Lodge  or  Chapter,  a  certificate  from  the 
Lodge  or  Chapter,  of  its  action,  should  be  filed  with  the 
Recorder  of  the  Commandery  and  entered  on  the  minutes. 

Sec.  301.  If  a  certificate  of  the  facts  cannot  be  obtained 
from  the  Secretary  of  the  Lodge  or  Chapter,  they  may  be 
proved  by  oral  testimony. 

UNIFORM. 

Sec.  302.  Each  Grand  Commandery  shall  have  full 
power  and  authority  to  prescribe  the  uniform  to  be  worn 
by  Templars  belonging  to  its  own  jurisdiction,  except 
that  the  insignia  of  rank  shall  always  be  under  the  ex- 
clusive control  and  regulation  of  the  Grand  Encampment. 

Sec.  303.  In  the  absence  of  any  legislation  by  the 
Grand  Encampment  or  the  governing  Grand  Command- 
ery, each  Commandery  may  determine  by  its  by-laws 
whether  or  not  Knights  Templar  may  be  admitted  to  its 
sessions  without  full  Templar  uniform. 


66  STATUTES   OF  THE 

Sec.  304.  A  Commandery  may  adopt  a  by-law  requir- 
ing- a  Companion  of  the  Red  Cross  to  equip  himself  with 
the  Knights  Templar  uniform,  before  he  can  receive  the 
Order  of  the  Temple. 

Sec.  305.  The  uniform  of  Companions  of  the  Red 
Cross,  Knights  Templar,  and  Knights  of  Malta,  under  the 
immediate  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  is  that 
prescribed  by  the  Grand  Encampment  in  1862. 

Sec.  306.  The  Templar  baldric  reversed,  exhibiting  the 
green  side,  Templar  cap  with  Red  Cross  of  the  Order,  in- 
stead of  Passion  Cross,  or  covered,  sword,  and  white 
gloves,  constitute  the  uniform  of  a  Companion  of  the  Red 
Cross.  The  Sovereign  Master  shall  wear  the  royal  robes 
and  crown,  and  the  High  Priest  his  full  robes,  etc.  (See 
Ritual). 

Sec.  307.  The  uniform  of  a  Knight  of  Malta  shall  be 
the  same  as  that  of  a  Knight  Templar. 

Sec.  308.  All  Past  Grand  Officers  are  entitled  to  wear 
the  Templar  Cross. 

Sec.  309.  The  wearing  of  shoulder  straps  is  limited  to 
the  officers  and  past  officers,  as  follows: 

For  Grand  Master  and  Past  Grand  Masters  of  the 
Grand  Encampment — Royal  purple  silk  velvet,  two  inches 
wide  by  four  inches  long  (outside  measurement),  bor- 
dered with  two  rows  of  embroidery,  of  gold,  three-eighths 
of  an  inch  wide;  the  Cross  of  Salem  embroidered,  of  gold. 
in  the  center,  lengthwise. 

For  all  other  Grand  Officers  of  the  Grand  Encampment 
— The  same  as  the  Grand  Master,  except  for  the  Cross  of 
Salem,  the  Patriarchal  Cross  of  gold,  with  the  initials  of 
the  office  respectively  embroidered,  of  silver,  in  old  Eng- 
lish characters,  at  the  foot  of  the  Cross,  narrowwise  of 
the  strap. 

For  the  officers  of  a  Grand  Commandery — Bright  red 
silk  velvet,  two  inches  wide  by  four  inches  long,  with  one 
row  of  gold  embroidery,  a  quarter  of  an  inch  wide ;  the 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  67 

Templar  Cross,  of  gold,  with  the  initials  of  the  office, 
respectively,  to  be  embroidered  in  old  English  characters, 
of  silver,  on  the  lower  end  of  the  strap. 

For  Past  Grand  Commanders — The  same  as  above,  ex- 
cept that  the  color  of  the  shoulder  strap  shall  be  royal 
purple,  and  the  lettering  omitted. 

For  the  Commander  of  a  Commandery — Emerald 
green  silk  velvet,  one  and  one-half  inches  wide  by  four 
inches  long,  bordered  with  one  row  of  embroidery,  of 
gold,  a  quarter  of  an  inch  wide,  the  Passion  Cross,  with 
a  halo,  embroidered,  of  silver,  in  the  center. 

For  Past  Commanders — The  same  as  for  Commanders, 
except  that  the  color  of  the  strap  shall  be  bright  red. 

For  the  Generalissimo — The  same  as  the  Commander, 
except  for  the  Passion  Cross,  the  Square,  surmounted 
with  the  Paschal  Lamb. 

For  the  Captain-General — Same  as  the  Commander,  ex- 
cept for  the  Passion  Cross,  the  Level,  surmounted  with 
the  Cock. 

VOTE. 

Sec.  310.  A  member  can  have  but  one  vote  in  his  own 
right  in  the  Grand  Encampment  or  in  a  Grand  Command- 
ery or  a  Commandery,  except  the  presiding  officer,  who, 
in  case  of  a  tie,  shall  have  the  casting  vote,  in  addition 
to  his  individual  vote. 

REPEALING  CLAUSE. 

Sec.  311.  All  laws  heretofore  enacted,  adopted,  or  ap- 
proved, are  hereby  repealed. 


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DISCIPLINARY  RULES. 


The  following  rules  shall  be  observed  in  the  conduct  of 
all  trials : 

RULE  I. 

AUTHORITY  OF   COMMANDERIES. 

Every  Commandery  has  authority  to  call  before  it  and 
punish  according  to  Masonic  usage  and  in  the  manner 
and  to  the  extent  prescribed  by  this  Code,  all  Companions 
of  the  Red  Cross  and  Knights  Templar  offending  against 
Masonry,  good  morals  and  society,  residing  or  sojourning 
within  its  jurisdiction,  wherever  the  act  may  be  com- 
mitted. 

RULE  II. 

COMMANDERIES  U.  D.,  NON-AFFILIATES,  SUSPENDED 
AND   EXPELLED   TEMPLARS. 

Members  and  postulates  of  Commanderies  Under  Dis- 
pensation, non-affiliates  and  suspended  Templars  are 
amenable  to  the  Commandery  where  the  act  complained 
of  is  committed. 

RULE  III. 

MEMBERS   OF   ANOTHER   COMMANDERY. 

If  the  accused  is  a  member  of  another  Commandery  in 
the  same  State,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Commandery 
within  whose  jurisdiction  the  act  complained  of  is  com- 
mitted, to  prefer  charges  against  him  and  to  send  them 
to  his  Commandery,  and  if  the  Commandery  of  which  he 
is  a  member  shall  not  within  four  months,  proceed  and 
try  him  for  such  offense,  the  Commandery  where  the  act 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  69 

is  committed  shall  have  jurisdiction  and  proceed  to  try 
him  as  if  he  were  a  member  of  that  Commandery,  and  its 
judgment  shall  have  the  same  effect  as  if  it  were  rendered 
by  the  Commandery  of  which  he  is  a  member. 

RULE  IV. 

MEMBERS  OF   COMMANDERIES   IN   ANOTHER  STATE. 

If  a  member  of  a  Commandery  in  another  jurisdiction 
shall-  while  sojourning  or  residing  within  the  jurisdiction 
of  any  Commandery  commit  an  act  which  would  subject 
a  member  of  a  Commandery  to  trial  and  discipline, 
charges  shall  be  made  against  him  by  the  Commandery 
where  he  may  be  at  the  time  the  act  was  done,  and  sent 
to  the  Commandery  of  his  membership,  through  the 
Grand  Recorder,  but  he  shall,  nevertheless,  be  tried  by 
the  Commandery  within  whose  jurisdiction  the  act  was 
committed,  the  proceedings  to  be  conducted  in  every 
essential  respect  as  if  he  were  a  member  of  that  Com- 
mandery and  its  judgment  shall  have  the  same  effect.  A 
certified  copy  of  the  judgment  shall  be  sent  under  seal 
of  the  Commandery  trying  him,  through  the  Grand  Re- 
corder, to  the  Commandery  of  his  membership. 

RULE  V. 

U N  K  NOW  N    CO  M  M A N DERY. 

If  the  accused  shall  refuse  to  disclose  the  Commandery 
in  which  he  holds  membership,  he  shall  be  proceeded 
against  and  tried  as  if  he  were  a  non-affiliate,  and  the 
judgment  shall  have  the  same  effect. 

RULE  VI. 

DERELICT    COMMANDERY. 

If  a  Commandery  within  whose  jurisdiction  an  offense 
shall  be  committed,   shall   neglect   or  refuse  to   proceed 


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against  an  offending  Templar,  not  a  member  of  that  Com- 
mandery, and  it  shall  come  to  the  knowledge  of  another 
Commandery  or  a  Grand  Officer,  he  or  it,  shall  forthwith 
give  notice  thereof  to  the  Grand  Master  or  Grand  Com- 
mander, who  may  either  require  that  Commandery  or 
another  Commandery  to  investigate  the  alleged  offense 
and  proceed,  as  in  his  judgment,  the  welfare  of  the  Order 
may  require,  and  the  judgment  of  the  Commandery  to 
whom  the  case  may  be  referred  by  the  Grand  Master  or 
Grand  Commander,  shall  have  the  same  effect  as  if  he 
were  a  member  of  that  Commandery. 

RULE  VII. 

PRESIDING    OFFICER. 

A  Commandery  cannot  try  its  Commander  or  an  officer 
serving  as  Commander,  while  he  continues  to  be  the  pre- 
siding officer  of  the  Commandery.  If,  however,  one  serv- 
ing as  Commander  shall  commit  an  act  of  an  immoral  or 
un-Masonic  character,  for  which  he  shall  not  be  tried  by 
the  Grand  Encampment  or  Grand  Commandery,  he  may, 
after  he  ceases  to  serve  as  Commander,  be  tried  by  his 
Commandery,  but  the  presiding  officer  of  a  Commandery 
is  accountable  to  the  Grand  Encampment  or  Grand  Com- 
mandery only,  for  any  act  performed  in  his  official  capa- 
city; or  he  may  be  tried  and  disciplined  by  the  Grand  En- 
campment or  Grand  Commandery  for  immoral  and  un- 
Masonic  conduct  committed  while  in  office,  or  it  may 
refer  the  accusation  to  his  Commandery  for  investiga- 
tion, after  his  term  of  office  shall  have  expired. 

RULE  VIII. 

IMPEACHMENT  OF   COMMANDER. 

If  five  members  of  his  Commandery,  or  any  Grand 
Officer  shall  impeach  the  Commander,  or  officer  perform- 
ing the  functions  of  Commander,  before  the  Grand  Mas- 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  71 

ter  or  Grand  Commander,  he  shall  forthwith  cause  an 
investigation  to  be  made  of  his  alleged  misconduct,  or  he 
may  make  such  investigation  in  person,  and  if  after  such 
investigation,  he  shall  find  that  the  welfare  of  the  Order 
demands  the  same,  he  may  suspend  such  officer  and  place 
the  Commandery  under  the  control  of  the  ranking  officer. 
But  no  presiding  officer  shall  be  suspended  from  the  func- 
tions of  his  office  without  being  first  given  an  opportunity 
to  be  heard  in  his  defense. 

If,  as  the  result  of  such  investigation,  the  Grand  Master 
or  Grand  Commander  shall  find  that  the  alleged  miscon- 
duct is  of  a  sufficiently  grave  character  to  warrant  the 
offender  being  brought  to  trial  by  the  Grand  Encamp- 
ment or  Grand  Commandery,  he  shall  cause  charges  and 
specifications  to  be  made  and  served  on  the  accused  and 
appoint  a  Grand  Officer,  or  if  it  is  inconvenient  for  a 
Grand  Officer  to  attend,  then  a  Past  Commander,  neither 
of  whom  shall  be  members  of  the  Commandery  over 
which  the  accused  presides,  as  a  Commissioner  to  take 
and  reduce  to  writing  the  evidence  of  all  persons  who  may 
have  knowledge  of  the  facts,  and  to  procure  and  certify 
to  all  written  evidence.  And  the  accused  and  his  accusers 
may  appear  in  person,  or  by  counsel,  before  said  Commis- 
sioner and  be  heard,  so  far  as  may  be  necessary  to  bring 
out  all  the  facts.  Said  Commissioner  shall  not  pass  on 
the  competency  or  relevancy  of  evidence,  nor  report  any 
conclusion,  but  his  sole  function  shall  be  to  secure  and 
place  in  order  the  evidence  for  the  consideration  of  the 
Grand  Encampment  or  Grand  Commandery,  and  when  he 
has  done  so,  he  shall  certify  to  and  forward  the  record  so 
made,  to  the  Grand  Master  or  Grand  Commander,  as  the 
case  may  be. 

RULE  IX. 

ANY    ONE    MAY    MAKE    CHARGES. 

Any  affiliated  Knight  Templar  may  prefer  charges  to 


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the    Commandery    against    any    Companion    of   the    Red 
Cross  or  Knight  Templar. 

RULE  X. 

CHARGES    MAY    BE    WITHDRAWN. 

Charges  against  a  Companion  of  the  Order  of  the  Red 
Cross  or  Knight  Templar  may  be  withdrawn  by  consent 
of  the  Commandery  before  the  commencement  of  the 
hearing  thereon. 

RULE  XI. 

NOTICE  TO  ACCUSED. 

If  Charges  and  Specifications  are  presented  to  the  Com- 
mandery, a  copy  of  the  same  shall  be  forthwith 
furnished  to  the  accused  by  delivering  a  true  copy  of 
them  to  him  by  the  Recorder,  or  if  he  shall  not  reside 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Commandery,  then  by  mail- 
ing a  copy  to  him  at  his  usual  place  of  residence,  if  his 
postofnce  shall  be  known,  and  if  not  known,  and  if  his 
whereabouts  cannot  be  ascertained,  after  diligent  inquiry, 
he  shall  so  report  to  the  Commandery,  and  it  shall  pro- 
ceed as  if  he  were  served,  and  set  a  day  for  trial,  not  to  be 
within  less  than  ten  days  thereafter,  and  if  the  accused 
shall  not  appear  at  the  time  fixed,  the  Commandery  shall 
appoint  some  competent  Templar  to  represent  him  and 
the  trial  shall  proceed  as  if  personal  service  had  been 
made. 

The  copy  of  the  Charges  and  Specifications  furnished 
to  the  accused  shall  be  accompanied  with  a  notice  to  the 
accused  to  the  effect  following: 

You  are  fraternally  notified  that  the  accompanying 
Charges  and  Specifications  against  you  having  been  pre- 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  73 

sented  to Commandery,  a  Com- 
mittee, consisting  of  Sir    ,   Sir 

,  and  Sir ,  will  meet  at 

,  on    day  of   , 

19.  .  .  .,  at o'clock  .  . .  .M.,  to  take  the  evidence  of 

such  persons  as  cannot  be  admitted  into  the  Commandery, 
to  testify,  and  you  are  requested  to  attend  and  cross  ex- 
amine such  witnesses,  and  also  to  present  any  persons, 
who  cannot  be  admitted  into  the  Commandery,  whose 
testimony  you  may  desire  to  have  read  at  your  trial,  and 
said  hearing  will  be  continued  from  day  to  day  until  all 
such  testimony  shall  have  been  taken. 

You  are  hereby  further  notified  that  the  Commandery 
will  proceed  and  try  said  charges  and  specifications  at 

a Conclave  to  be  held  on  the day  of 

19.  .  .  .  when  you  may  be  present  in  per- 
son, and  by  counsel,  who  must  be  a  Knight  Templar, 
and  the  evidence  of  witnesses  who  are  Knights  Templar, 
both  for  and  against  you,  will  be  taken,  and  the  hearing 
concluded. 


Recorder. 
RULE  XII. 

EVIDENCE    OF    OTHERS    TRAN    KNIGHTS    TEMPLAR. 

On  the  day  and  at  the  place  specified  in  the  notice  to 
the  accused,  which  shall  not  be  within  ten  days  from  the 
service  or  mailing  of  the  same,  the  Committee  shall  pro- 
ceed to  examine,  first  the  witnesses  in  support  of  the 
charges,  and  second  those  for  the  accused,  who  cannot 
be  admitted  into  the  Commandery  to  give  their  evidence, 
and  continue  from  day  to  day,  until  the  evidence  of  all 
persons  who  cannot  be  admitted  into  the  Commandery 
is  taken,  but  an  adjournment  may  be  taken,  by  agreement 
with  the  accused,  to  any  other  time  or  place,  and  by  like 


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agreement  in  writing,  an  earlier  day  than  that  named  in 
the  notice  may  be  agreed  upon. 

RULE  XIII. 

DAY    OF    TRIAL. 

On  the  day  named  in  the  notice,  which  shall  not  be  in 
less  than  ten  days  after  the  charges  are  presented  to  the 
Commandery,  the  trial  shall  proceed,  unless,  for  good 
cause  shown,  the  Commandery  may  continue  the  same 
until  another  day. 

RULE  XIV. 

PROSECUTION    AND    DEFENSE. 

The  Commandery  must  appoint  a  Knight  Templar  to 
prosecute  the  case  and  the  accused  may  appear  in  person 
or  by  a  Knight  Templar  as  counsel,  and  in  his  absence 
and  that  of  any  person  selected  by  him  to  conduct  his 
defense,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Commander  to  ap- 
point some  competent  Templar  to  defend  him,  and  such 
appointment  shall  be  made  before  any  evidence  is  taken 
by  the  Committee. 


RULE  XV. 

PLEA  OF  GUILTY. 

If  any  one  against  whom  charges  are  made  shall  appear, 
either  in  person  or  by  counsel,  and  plead  guilty,  such  plea 
shall  have  the  effect  to  dispense  with  the  necessity  of 
taking  any  evidence  against  him,  but  if  he  introduce  any 
evidence  in  mitigation  of  the  offense  it  may  be  rebutted, 
after  which  the  Commandery  shall  proceed  as  in  other 
cases,  to  fix  the  penalty. 


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RULE    XVI. 
CHANGE   OF   VENUE. 

If  at  any  time  before  the  commencement  of  the  trial, 
the  accused  shall  file  with  the  Recorder,  a  verified  state- 
ment that  he  believes  that  he  cannot  have  a  fair  and  im- 
partial trial  of  the  cause  in  the  Commandery  where  the 
same  is  pending,  the  Commandery  shall  change  the  venue 
thereof  to  a  Commandery  in  an  adjoining  jurisdiction,  and 
the  Commandery  to  which  the  case  is  venued  shall  pro- 
ceed to  and  try  the  case,  as  if  the  same  had  originated 
therein,  and  the  expenses,  if  any,  of  the  trial,  shall  be 
charged  to  and  paid  by  the  Commandery  having  original 
jurisdiction ;  Provided,  however,  but  one  change  of  venue 
can  be  granted. 

RULE  XVII. 

ACCUSER. 

If  charges  are  made  by  an  individual,  he  shall  have  no 
more  voice  in  the  proceedings  than  any  other  Templar 
but  it  is  the  duty  of  every  Templar  to  assist  the  Com- 
mandery in  bringing  the  guilty  to  punishment,  and  there- 
fore a  Templar  knowing  a  brother  to  be  unworthy  is 
bound  to  disclose  the  facts  to  the  Commandery  or  Com- 
mittee, but  unless  he  makes  the  charges  himself  he  is  not 
to  be  regarded  as  the  accuser.  If,  however,  one  presents 
charges  in  his  own  name  or  prosecutes  them  in  a  private 
capacity,  he  becomes,  by  so  doing,  the  accuser  and  in- 
capacitates himself  to  sit  in  judgment  and  must  therefore 
be  excluded  from  the  Commandery  when  the  Command- 
ery is  voting  upon  the  question  of  guilt  and  fixing  the 
penalty. 

RULE  XVIII. 

ACCUSED    IN    ARREST. 

Charges  and  Specifications  may  be  made  against  any- 
one who  is  at  the  time  charged  with  a  violation  of  the 


76  DISCIPLINARY    RULES 

laws  of  the  land,  but  while  proceedings  are  pending 
against  him  in  the  courts  of  the  country  they  must  be 
held  in  abeyance  in  the  Commandery,  except  that  the 
evidence  of  essential  witnesses,  who  are  likely  to  leave 
the  country,  or  whose  death  is  apprehended  in  conse- 
quence of  present  infirmity,  may  be  taken  by  a  Committee, 
first  serving  on  the  accused  a  copy  of  the  charges  and 
notice  of  the  time  and  place. 

RULE  XIX. 

EVIDENCE. 

The  evidence  of  Masons  shall  be  taken  upon  the  honor 
of  a  Mason  and  that  of  all  others  upon  honor. 

If  evidence  of  a  profane,  who  is  beyond  the  reach  of  the 
Commandery  is  desired  either  in  proving  or  disproving 
the  charges,  or  of  a  Mason  who  by  reason  of  distance, 
sickness  or  other  infirmity,  cannot  attend  at  the  trial,  it 
may  be  taken  by  a  Commission,  to  be  composed  of  three 
Knights  Templar  to  be  appointed  by  the  Commander. 
When  the  witnesses  have  testified  the  Commissioners 
shall  certify  and  send  the  deposition  to  the  Commander, 
who  shall  file  it  with  the  Recorder,  but  either  party  may 
inspect  it  before  the  trial. 

The  evidence  of  all  witnesses  shall  be  reduced  to  writ- 
ing and  signed  by  the  witness  ;  that  taken  by  a  Committee 
by  them,  and  that  taken  at  the  trial  by  the  Recorder,  or 
some  proper  person  to  be  designated  by  the  Commander. 

RULE  XX. 

GRAND  OFFICER. 

If  a  Grand  Officer  is  sent  by  the  Grand  Master  or  Grand 
Commander  or  called  by  a  Commandery  to  preside  at  a 
trial  or  adjust  any  differences  in  a  Commandery  he  shall 
be  paid  his  actual  expenses  by  the  Commanderv. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  77 

If  the  Grand  Master  or  Grand  Commander  shall  find 
it  necessary  for  him  to  attend  in  person  to  preside  in  any 
Commandery,  he  is  authorized  to  draw  upon  the  Grand 
Treasurer  for  his  expenses. 

RULE  XXI. 

WHO    PRESIDES. 

Ordinarily  the  Commander  should  preside  at  every 
trial,  but  he  may  call  upon  any  Past  Commander,  not 
objected  to  by  the  Commandery  or  the  accused,  to  pre- 
side for  him,  if  he  thinks  that  it  is  expedient  to  do  so. 

RULE  XXII. 

THE  TRIAL. 

At  the  trial  the  procedure  shall  be  as  follows : 

1.  Reading  of  the  Charges  and  Specifications. 

2.  Plea,  if  any,  to  Charges  and  Specifications. 

3.  Examination  of  witnesses  in  support  of  Charges 
and  Specifications. 

4.  Reading  of  depositions  in  support  of  Charges  and 
Specifications. 

5.  Examination  of  witnesses  for  the  accused. 

6.  Reading  of  depositions  for  the  accused. 

7.  Rebutting  evidence  on  either  side,  if  any. 

8.  Argument  in  support  of  the  Charges  on  behalf  of 
the  Committee  and  accuser,  if  any. 

9.  Argument  for  the  accused,  if  any. 

10.  Withdrawal  of  the  accused  and  accuser,  if  any,  and 
all  but  members  of  the  Commandery  from  the  room. 

11.  Comments  upon  the  evidence  by  any  member,  who 
has  not  previously  spoken,  and  who  is  not  engaged  as 
counsel  for  either  party. 


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1?.  The  Commander  shall  then  put  the  question:  Is 
the  accused  guilty  of  the  first  specification?  All  who  be- 
lieve that  he  is  will  cast  a  black  ball,  and  all  who  think 
he  is  not,  will  cast  a  white  ball. 

And  in  like  manner  the  Commandery  shall  vote  upon 
each  specification  and  charge.  The  ballot  box  being  first 
presented  to  the  Commander,  Generalissimo  and  Captain- 
General  in  succession  and  afterwards  placed  on  the  altar 
for  the  members  to  vote. 

After  each  ballot  the  Commander,  Generalissimo  and 
Captain-General  will  announce  the  number  of  white  and 
black  balls. 

If  three-fourths  of  the  balls  are  black,  the  specification 
or  charge  voted  upon  shall  be  considered  as  proven,  and 
otherwise  the  accused  shall  be  acquitted. 

RULE  XXIII. 

THE   PENALTY. 

If  any  one  of  the  charges  is  sustained  by  the  requisite 
vote,  the  Commandery  shall  proceed  in  like  manner  by 
a  majority  vote  to  fix  the  penalty,  as  follows : 

1.  Shall  the  Sir  Knight  be  expelled?  All  who  think  he 
should  be  will  cast  a  black  ball,  and  those  who  think  he 
ought  not  to  be,  a  white  ball. 

2.  Shall  the  Sir  Knight  be  indefinitely  suspended?  All 
who  think  he  should  be  will  cast  a  black  ball,  and  those 
who  think  he  ought  not  to  be,  a  white  ball. 

3.  Shall  the  Sir  Knight  be  suspended  for  a  definite  per- 
iod ?  All  who  think  that  he  should  be  will  cast  a  black  ball, 
and  all  who  think  he  ought  not  to  be,  a  white  ball. 

4.  Shall  the  Sir  Knight  be  reprimanded?  All  who  think 
he  should  be  will  cast  a  black  ball,  and  all  who  think  he 
ought  not  to  be,  a  white  ball. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  79 

If  the  conclusion  of  the  Commandery  is  to  suspend,  a 
vote  will  be  taken,  on  motion,  to  fix  the  period  of  suspen- 
sion. 

The  Commandery  having  decided  upon  what  sentence 
it  will  inflict,  the  accused  will  be  admitted,  and  the  result 
announced  to  him  by  the  Commander. 

RULE  XXIV. 

NEW  TRIAL. 

One  new  trial  may,  for  good  cause,  be  granted,  when 
any  Templar  has  been  convicted  of  the  charges  against 
him  by  the  Commander  who  presided  at  the  trial  or  by 
the  Commandery. 

RULE  XXV. 

APPEAL. 

1.  The  accused  may,  within  three  months  after  a  de- 
cision has  been  rendered,  take  an  appeal  to  the  Grand 
Encampment  or  Grand  Commandery  by  giving  notice  in 
writing  to  the  Commander,  of  his  desire  to  appeal,  in 
which  notice  he  shall  set  forth  his  objections  to  the  ac- 
tion of  the  Commandery. 

2.  If  a  judgment  appealed  from  be  reversed,  the 
Knight  Templar  who  was  under  discipline  is  thereby  re- 
stored to  good  standing  and  membership  in  his  Command- 
ery. 

3.  If  on  appeal  the  Grand  Encampment  or  a  Grand 
Commandery  shall  restore  a  suspended  or  expelled 
Knight  Templar  to  good  standing  only,  the  Grand  Re- 
corder shall  give  a  certificate  to  have  the  effect  of  a  demit. 

4.  The  Grand  Encampment  or  a  Grand  Commandery, 
upon  an  appeal,  may  modify  the  judgment  of  its  sub- 
ordinates. 

5.  A  Grand  Commandery  acting  upon  an  appeal  may 
admit  the  appellant  to  argue  his  own  case,  although  he 
may  have  been  expelled  by  his  Commandery. 


80  DISCIPLINARY    RULES 

RULE  XXVI. 

RECORD. 

When  the  Commander  shall  receive  notice  of  an  ap- 
peal being  taken  from  the  decision  at  a  trial,  he  shall  in- 
struct the  Recorder  to  forthwith  make  a  full  and  perfect 
transcript  of  the  record  of  all  the  proceedings,  and  he 
shall  sign  the  same  and  have  it  forwarded,  without  delay 
to  the  Grand  Recorder.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  such 
Commander  to  inspect  such  record  and  to  see  that  no- 
thing is  omitted  therefrom  which  was  before  the  Com- 
mandery  at  the  trial,  including  the  notice  of  appeal,  and 
that  the  Recorder  duly  certifies  to  the  same  under  the  seal 
of  the  Commandery.  And  any  Commander  refusing  or 
neglecting  to  perform  this  duty  shall  be  held  guilty  of 
contumacy  toward  the  Grand  Encampment  or  Grand 
Commandery. 

RULE  XXVII. 

NO    APPEAL,    NO    RECORD. 

"Whenever  a  Templar  shall  be  expelled  and  no  appeal 
taken  to  the  Grand  Encampment  or  Grand  Commandery, 
the  Commander  shall  cause  the  Recorder  to  certify  to  the 
Grand  Recorder  the  sentence,  under  seal  of  the  Com- 
mandery. 

RULE  XXVIII. 

RESTORATION. 

Expulsion  continues  in  force  until  removed  by  the 
Grand  Encampment  or  Grand  Commandery  on  appeal, 
but  at  any  time  before  final  action  by  the  Grand  Body, 
the  Commandery  may,  by  a  three-fourths  vote,  rescind 
its  action  and  certify  the  same  to  the  Grand  Body. 

Restoration  from  indefinite  suspension  shall  be  full  and 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  81 

complete,  or  limited  in  its  effect  to  the  general  rights  and 
privileges  of  the  Order,  not  including  membership.  If 
full  and  complete,  a  unanimous  vote  is  necessary,  but  if 
limited  to  the  general  rights  and  privileges,  it  requires 
but  a  majority  vote. 

Suspension  takes  effect  from  the  date  of  its  infliction 
by  the  Commandery  and  if  for  a  definite  period,  termin- 
ates with  the  expiration  of  that  period,  without  any  fur- 
ther action  by  the  Commandery.  If  indefinite  it  con- 
tinues until  the  Commandery  shall  remove  it,  provided, 
that  at  any  time  before  an  appeal  is  taken,  the  Command- 
ery may  revise  its  findings  and  substitute  suspension,  defi- 
nite or  indefinite  for  expulsion. 

Restoration  from  either  expulsion  or  indefinite  suspen- 
sion shall  only  be  made  on  petition  in  writing,  of  the  par- 
ty, setting  forth  the  grounds  upon  which  he  petitions  for 
clemency,  which  must  be  made  at  a  Stated  Conclave  and 
referred  to  a  Committee  of  Inquiry  to  report  at  another 
Stated  Conclave  and,  if  practicable,  notice  of  the  pendency 
of  such  a  petition  must  be  given  to  all  the  members.  A 
Commandery  may  restore  a  suspended  member  at  the 
hearing  of  such  petition  by  a  majority  vote,  if  such  restor- 
ation is  limited  to  the  general  rights  and  privileges,  but 
if  it  includes  membership  the  vote  must  be  unanimous. 

RULE  XXIX. 

NO    PUBLICITY. 

In  no  case  shall  the  judgment  of  the  Commandery  at 
a  trial  be  made  public  unless  the  penalty  inflicted  is  sus- 
pension or  expulsion. 

RULE  XXX. 

TWICE    IN    JEOP/N.RDY. 

No  one  can  be  placed  in  jeopardy  twice  for  the  same 
act. 


82  DISCIPLINARY    RULES 

RULE  XXXI. 

MINUTES. 

The  only  part  of  a  record  at  a  trial  which  need  to  be 
copied  into  the  minutes  is  the  action  of  the  Commandery 
and  the  charges  and  specifications.  Evidence  and  papers 
read  shall  not  be  set  forth  in  full,  but  a  separate  record  is 
to  be  made  of  all  proceedings  at  a  trial,  and  when  there 
in  an  appeal,  the  original  record  may  be  used  and  certi- 
fied to. 

TRIAL 

IN 

GRAND  ENCAMPMENT  OR  GRAND  COMMAND- 
ERY. 

RULE  XXXII. 

IMPEACHMENT  OF  GRAND  OFFICER. 

Whenever  a  Grand  Officer  shall  be  impeached  like  pro- 
ceedings shall  be  had  as  in  case  of  the  presiding  officer  of 
a  Commandery,  except  that  the  record  shall  be  submit- 
ted direct  to  the  Grand  Body,  and  the  hearing  shall  be  had 
therein,  before  which  the  accused  and  his  accusers  may 
appear  in  person  or  by  counsel. 

RULE  XXXIII 

NO    JUDGMENT    BY   DEFAULT. 

In  no  case  shall  there  be  a  judgment  by  default,  but  in 
all  cases  trials  must  be  had  on  the  evidence  or  record 
submitted. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  83 

CONSTITUTING  NEW  COMMANDERIES. 

The  Sir  Knights  about  to  be  constituted  will  assemble 
in  their  Asylum. 

The  Triangle  should  be  placed  near  the  center  of  the 
hall,  the  tapers  not  lighted.  The  Bible  and  relics  on  the 
Triangle  should  be  covered. 

The  Grand  Commandery,  or  constituting  officers  of  the 
same,  having  met  and  made  due  preparatory  arrange- 
ments in  an  adjoining  room,  will  march  to  the  Command- 
ery hall,  where  they  should  be  received  with  the  proper 
salute,  and  assume  their  stations. 

The  Grand  Commander,  or  officer  in  charge,  will  then 
cause  the  service  to  commence,  by  the  rendering  of  an 
appropriate  hymn  or  chant.  Then  may  follow  the  read- 
ing of  a  Scripture  lesson  by  the  Grand  Prelate.  (Micah 
vii.,  8-12,  is  suggested  for  such  a  lesson.)  Prayer  shall 
then  be  offered  by  the  Grand  Prelate,  all  standing  and  un- 
covered. 

PRAYER. 

Almighty  and  ever-blessed  God,  our  Father,  with  whom 
is  our  life,  and  from  whom  cometh  every  good  and  per- 
fect gift,  unto  Thee  we  bow  our  hearts  in  reverence  and 
in  trust,  gratefully  acknowledging  all  Thy  mercies  and 
the  manifold  manifestations  of  Thy  providence  and  Thy 
truth.  And  now,  as  we  engage  in  the  solemn  service 
of  this  occasion,  we  beseech  Thy  blessed  help  and  direc- 
tion, that  all  things  may  be  done  to  Thy  glory  and  to  the 
advancements  of  the  interests  we  have  in  charge.  Let 
Thy  grace  be  poured  upon  these,  Thy  servants,  about  to 
be  constituted  into  an  organization  founded  upon  the 
Christian  religion  and  the  practice  of  the  Christian  vir- 
tues. Give  unto  them  a  large  appreciation  of  the  mis- 
sion to  which  they  are  called,  and  an  earnest  purpose  to 
perform  the  duties  which  will  henceforth  devolve  upon 


84  CONSTITUTING   NEW    COMMANDERIES 

them  in  connection  with  this  new  organization.  En- 
lighten their  minds,  purify  their  hearts,  and  help  them  to 
attain  such  true  consecration  of  soul  that  they  may  indeed 
bear  much  fruit  to  the  honor  and  glory  of  Thy  holy  Name. 
May  they  be  true  to  the  pledges  that  they  have  taken  as 
members  of  this  Institution,  true  to  the  example  and 
teachings  of  the  Great  Captain  of  their  salvation,  that  so 
they  may  be  met  at  the  last  with  the  welcome,  "Well  done, 
good  and  faithful  servant,  enter  thou  into  the  joy  of  thy 
Lord."  All  this  we  ask,  most  merciful  Father,  through 
Him  who  is  the  Resurrection  and  the  Life,  our  Lord  and 
Saviour,  Jesus  Christ.       Amen. 

All  resume  chapeaux,  after  which  the  "Gloria  Patri"  may 
be  rendered. 

The  Deputy  Grand  Commander,  at  the  base  of  the  Tri- 
angle, will  then  address  the  Grand  Commander  as  fol- 
lows : 

Right  Eminent  Sir,  a  constitutional  number  of  Knights 
of  the  Valiant  and  Magnanimous  Order  of  the  Temple, 
duly  instructed  in  the  sublime  mysteries  of  our  Order, 
having  received  from  the  proper  authority  a  Charter 
authorizing  them  to  hold  a  regular  Commandery  of 
.Knights  Templar,  are  now  assembled  for  the  purpose  of 
being  legally  constituted,  and  having  their  officers  in- 
stalled in  due  form. 

Grand  Commander — Let  the  Charter  be  read. 

The  Grand  Recorder  reads  the  Charter. 

The  Sir  Knights  will  stand  at  "present  swords"  whilst 
the  Grand  Commander  makes  the  following 

DECLARATION   OF  CONSTITUTION. 

By  virtue  of  the  high  power  and  authority  in  me  vest- 
ed, I  do  now.  form  you,  Sir  Knights,  into  a  just  and  regu- 
lar Commandery  of  Knights  Templar,  by  the  distinctive 
title  of Commandery ;  and  you  are  hence- 
forth authorized  and  empowered  to  form  and  open  a 
Council  of  Companions  of  the  Red  Cross,  a  Commandery 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  85 

of  Knights  Templar,  and  a  Priory  of  Knights  of  Malta, 
and  to  perforin  all  such  things  as  may  appertain  to  the 
same;  conforming  in  all  your  doings  to  the  Laws  and 
Regulations  of  the  Grand  Commandery  under  whose 
authority  you  act,  and  to  the  Constitution,  Laws  and 
Edicts  of  the  Grand  Encampment  of  the  United  States  of 
America.  And  may  the  God  of  our  fathers  be  with  you, 
guide  and  direct  you  in  all  your  undertakings. 

The  Grand  Wardens  will  now  uncover  the  jewels  on 
the  Triangle,  whilst  the  choir  shall  chant  the  Fifteenth 
Psalm,  or  some  other  appropriate  selection.  The  Grand 
Commander  will  then  cause  the  Sir  Knights  to  be  as- 
sembled about  the  Triangle,  and  the  Grand  Prelate  may 
then  read  the  Apostle's  Creed,  as  follows: 

I  believe  in  God  the  Father  Almighty,  Maker  of  heav- 
en and  Earth : 

And  in  Jesus  Christ  His  only  Son  our  Lord ;  Who  was 
conceived  by  the  Holy  Ghost,  Born  of  the  Virgin  Mary ; 
Suffered  under  Pontius  Pilate,  was  crucified,  dead  and 
buried;  He  descended  into  hell,  The  third  day  He  arose 
again  from  the  dead;  He  ascended  into  heaven,  And  sit- 
teth  on  the  right  hand  of  God  the  Father  Almighty ; 
From  thence  He  shall  come  to  judge  the  quick  and  the 
dead. 

I  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghost,  the  Holy  Catholic  Church, 
The  Communion  of  Saints;  The  Forgiveness  of  sins;  The 
Resurrection  of  the  body;  And  the  Life  everlasting. 
Amen. 

Grand  Commander — Sir  Knight  Grand  Prelate,  you  will 
now  pronounce  the  words  of  consecration : 

Grand  Prelate — To  our  Most  Eminent  and  Worthy  Pa- 
tron, St.  John  the  Almoner,  I  do  now  solemnly  dedicate 

this  Commandery,  by  the  name  and  title  of 

Commandery ;  and  may    the    God    of    all    grace 

abundantly  bless  it  and  all  its  members  in  their  laudable 
undertaking,  and  may  each  one  of  its  members  so  redeem 
his  time  that  he  will  receive  the  joyful  invitation,  "Enter 


86  CONSTITUTING   NEW    COMMANDERIES 

thou  into  the  joy  of  thy  Lord."  Glory  to  God  in  the 
highest,  and  on  earth,  peace,  good  will  toward  men. 

Response  by  all  the  Sir  Knights : 

As  it  was  in  the  beginning,  is  now,  and  ever  shall  be, 
world  without  end.      Amen. 

Then  may  follow  the  "Gloria  in  Excelsis,"  or  "Te  De- 
ura  Laudamus,"  by  the  choir,  after  which,  by  order  of  the 
Grand  Commander,  the  Grand  Marshal  makes  the  fol- 
lowing proclamation : 

GRAND    MARSHAL'S    PROCLAMATION. 

Hear  ye !  hear  ye !  hear  ye !  Valiant  Knights  of  the 
Temple ! 

I  am  ordered  to  proclaim  that  this  new  Commandery 

of  Knights    Templar,    by    the    name    of 

Commandery,  has  been  legally  constituted  according  to 
the  forms  and  ceremonies  of  the  Order  of  Knights  Temp- 
lar; and  that  it  is  now  authorized  to  meet  and  work  as  a 
regular  Commandery  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand 
Commandery  of . 

This  proclamation  is  from  the  East,  once  (a  blast  on 
trumpet),  twice  (trumpet),  thrice  (trumpet).  All  inter- 
ested will  take  due  notice,  and  govern  themselves  accord- 
ingly. 

The  new  Commandery  will  now  be  opened  in  due  form, 
and  proceed  to  the  election  of  officers,  the  instituting  offi- 
cer presiding. 

(If  the  Grand  Commandery  has  assembled  for  conse- 
cration services  only,  the  Sir  Knights  will  be  formed  in 
two  divisions,  inward  faced ;  the  Grand  Officers  then  re- 
tire, passing  under  an  arch  of  steel,  escorted  by  the  Com- 
mander, Generalissimo,  and  Captain-General,  preceded 
by  the  Warder,  to  entrance  of  Asylum.) 

The  Commandery  having  been  duly  constituted,  the 
officers  are  to  be  installed  with  the  following  ceremony : 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  87 

INSTALLATION  OF  OFFICERS  OF  A 
COMMANDERY. 

The  Grand  Officers  having  been  duly  received  and  es- 
corted to  their  respective  stations,  the  Grand  Command- 
der  states  the  purpose  of  the  occasion,  and  calls  upon  the 
Grand  Prelate  to  lead  in  devotional  exercises.  A  Scrip- 
ture lesson  should  be  read,  and  prayer  offered.  If  a  choir 
is  present,  an  appropriate  selection  of  music  may  be 
given. 

The  Grand  Marshal  receives  from  the  Recorder  a  list 
of  the  officers-elect,  and  retires  with  them  to  Ante  Room ; 
forms  them  in  line  according  to  official  rank — swords  at 
a  carry — Commander  on  right. 

An  altar  should  be  placed  before  the  Grand  Command- 
der,  with  Holy  Bible  opened,  and  Square,  Compasses, 
Cross  Swords,  Jewels,  Charter,  Constitution  of  Grand  En- 
campment, Statutes,  and  Regulations  of  Grand  Com- 
mandery,  and  By-Laws  of  Commandery  resting  thereon. 
The  Banners  of  the  Commandery  to  be  displayed  from  the 
Commander's  station. 

The  Grand  Marshal  announces  officers  elect.  The 
Grand  Commander  orders  the  Sir  Knights  to  form  in  two 
divisions — swords  at  a  carry —  at  open  order,  full  width  of 
Asylum,  and  inward  faced. 

GRAND    MARCH. 

Grand  Marshal  escorts  officers-elect  into  Asylum,  halts 
and  faces  them  before  Grand  Commander,  right  resting 
on  South.  Commander  is  placed  in  center,  and  three 
paces  in  front  of  officers-elect. 

The  Grand  Marshal  will  command,  Present  Swords  f 
and  saluting  the  presiding  officer  will  report, 

Right  Eminent  Sir,  I  present  to  you  for  installation  the 
officers  duly  chosen. 


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Installing  Officer :  Sir  Knights,  before  engaging  in 
these  important  ceremonies,  let  us  unite  with  our  Ex- 
cellent Prelate  in  an  invocation  to  Deity, 

Carry  Swords!  Order  Swords!  Uncover!  Excellent 
Prelate,  lead  our  devotions. 

(The  Prelate  offers  an  appropriate  prayer  ending  with 
the  Lord's  Prayer,  in  which  all  join.) 

Installing  Officer :  Sir  Knights,  Recover !  Carry  Swords  ! 
Sir  Knight  Marshal,  present  the  Commander  elect. 

The  Grand  Marshal  says : 

Right  Eminent  Sir  :    I  have  the  honor  to  present  to  you. 

Sir  Knight ,  who  has  been  elected  to  the 

office  of  Commander  of  this  Commandery.  I  find  him  to 
be  well  skilled  in  our  sublime  mysteries,  and  observant  of 
the  noble  precepts  of  our  forefathers,  and  have,  therefore, 
no  doubt  that  he  will  discharge  the  important  duties  of  his 
office  with  fidelity. 

The  Grand  Commander  then  asks :  "Sir  Knight,  are  you 
ready  to  subscribe  to  the  vow  of  office?"  On  his  answer- 
ing in  the  affirmative,  the  Grand  Commander  will  draw 
his  sword,  and  hold  it  horizontally,  the  edge  toward  the 
Commander-elect,  who  will  place  his  right  hand  on  the 
blade,  and  uncover  with  his  left  hand. 

The  Grand  Marshal  says :  Commandery,  Present 
Swords ! 

The  Installing  Officer  says :  Repeat  after  me, 

I, ,  do  promise  and  vow  that  I  will  sup- 
port and  maintain  the  Constitution,  Laws  and  Rituals  of 
the  Grand  Encampment  of  Knights  Templar  of  the 
United  States  of  America ;  and  the  Constitution,  Laws 
and  Regulations  of  the  Grand  Commandery  of  this  Ju- 
risdiction ;  and  the  By-Laws  of  this  Commandery ;  and 
that  I  will  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office  to 
which  I  have  been  chosen  to  the  best  of  my  ability. 

Grand  Marshal  will  say :  Carry  Swords !  Parade  Rest ! 

The  Grand  Commander  will  then  address  the  Com- 
mander-elect as  follows : 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  89 

Eminent  Sir :  Having  been  elected  to  the  important  and 
honorable  station  of  Commander  of  this  Commandery,  it 
is  with  unfeigned  pleasure  that  I  enter  upon  the  discharge 
of  the  duty  of  installing  you  into  office.  As  the  head  of  a 
Christian  institution  you  are  charged  with  important  re- 
sponsibilities and  duties,  and  it  is  confidently  anticipated 
that  your  fidelity  to  these  trusts  will  reflect  honor  upon 
yourself,  and  credit  upon  your  Commandery.  It  now 
becomes  my  duty  to  propose  certain  questions  to  you,  to 
which  unequivocal  answers  are  required: 

I.  Do  you  solemnly  promise,  upon  the  honor  of  a 
Knight  Templar,  that  you  will  redouble  your  endeavors 
to  correct  the  vices,  purify  the  morals,  and  promote  the 
happiness  of  those  of  your  brethren  who  have  attained  to 
this  magnanimous  Order? 

II.  That  you  will  never  suffer  your  Commandery  to 
be  opened  unless  there  be  present  nine  regular  Knights  of 
the  Order? 

III.  That  you  will  not  confer  the  Orders  upon  any 
one  who  has  not  shown  a  charitable  and  humane  disposi- 
tion, or  who  has  not  made  a  considerable  proficiency  in 
the  preceding  degrees? 

IV.  That  you  will  promote  the  general  good  of  the 
Order,  and  on  all  proper  occasions  be  ready  to  give  and 
receive  instructions,  particularly  from  the  Grand  Officers0 

V.  That,  to  the  utmost  of  your  power  you  will  pre- 
serve the  solemnities  of  our  ceremonies,  and  behave,  in 
open  Commandery,  with  the  most  profound  respect  and 
reverence,  as  an  example  to  your  brethren? 

VI.  That  you  will  not  acknowledge  or  hold  com- 
munication with  any  Commandery  that  does  not  work 
under  a  Constitutional  Dispensation  or  Charter? 

VII.  That  you  will  not  admit  any  visitor  into  your 
Commandery  who  has  not  been  knighted  in  a  lawful 
Commandery,  without  his  being  first  formally  healed? 

VIII.  That  you  will  pay  due  respect  and  obedience  to 


90  INSTALLATION    OF    OFFICERS 

the  instructions  of  the  Grand  Officers,  particularly  relat- 
ing- to  the  several  lectures  and  charges,  and  will  resign 
the  chair  to  them,  severally,  when  they  may  visit  your 
Commandery? 

IX.  That  you  will  support  and  maintain  the  Consti- 
tution and  Laws  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  and  the  Con- 
stitution, Laws  and  Regulations  of  the  Grand  Command- 
ery under  whose  authority  you  act? 

X.  That  you  will  bind  your  successor  in  office  to  the 
observance  of  the  same  rules  to  which  you  have  now  as- 
sented? 

Do  you  submit  to  all  these  things  And  do  you  promise 
to  observe  and  practice  them  faithfully? 

If  the  Commander  responds  affirmatively,  the  Grand 
Commander  then  addresses  him  as  follows : 

Eminent  Sir :  Having  been  chosen  by  the  members  of 
your  Commandery  to  fill  the  most  exalted  position  in  their 
power  to  bestow,  I  congratulate  you  upon  being  the  re- 
cipient of  such  honorable  preferment,  and  now  invest  you 
with  the  jewel  of  your  office,  which  is  a  cross  surrounded 
by  rays  of  light.  It  is  to  remind  you  that  humility,  love, 
and  pure  benevolence  are  refulgent  rays  that  emanate 
from  the  pure  and  undefiled  religion  of  the  blessed  Em- 
anuel, and  which  should  ever  characterize  the  members 
of  this  Christian  Order.  It  is  to  remind  you  of  Him 
who  died  that  He  might  give  life  to  the  world,  and  who 
is  indeed  the  Lord  and  Saviour  of  all  those  who  accept 
His  guidance  and  obey  His  precepts. 

I  present  you  the  Charter  of  your  Commandery.  You 
will  receive  it  as  a  sacred  deposit,  and  never  permit  it  to 
be  used  for  any  other  purposes  than  those  expressed  in  it, 
and  safely  transmit  it  to  your  successor  is  office. 

I  also  commit  to  your  hands  the  Holy  Bible,  the  great 
light  in  every  degree  of  Masonry,  together  with  the  Cross 
Swords.  The  doctrines  contained  in  this  sacred  volume 
create  in  us  a  belief  in  the  existence  of  the  Eternal  le- 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  91 

hovah,  the  one  only  living  and  true  God,  the  Creator  and 
Judge  of  all  things  in  heaven  and  earth ;  they  also  confirm 
in  us  a  belief  in  the  dispensations  of  His  providence.  This 
belief  strengthens  our  Faith,  and  enables  us  to  ascend  the 
first  step  of  the  Grand  Masonic  ladder.  This  faith  nat- 
urally produces  in  us  a  Hope  of  becoming  partakers  in 
the  promises  expressed  in  this  inestimable  gift  of  God  to 
man,  which  Hope  enables  us  to  ascend  the  second  step ; 
but  the  third  and  last,  being  Charity,  comprehends  the 
former,  and  will  continue  to  exert  its  influence  when 
Faith  shall  be  lost  in  sight,  and  Hope  ends  in  complete 
fruition.  The  Cross  Swords,  resting  upon  the  Holy  Bible 
are  to  remind  us  that  we  should  be  "strong  in  the  Lord 
and  in  the  power  of  His  might" ;  that  we  should  put  on 
the  whole  armor  of  God,  to  be  able  to  wrestle  success- 
fully against  principalities  and  powers,  and  spiritual 
wickedness  in  high  places. 

I  also  present  you  with  the  Constitution  of  the  Grand 
Encampment  of  the  United  States  of  America,  the  Consti- 
tution, Laws  and  Regulations  of  the  Grand  Commandery 
of  this  State,  and  the  By-Laws  of  your  Commandery. 
You  will  frequently  consult  them  yourself,  and  cause 
them  to  be  read  for  the  information  of  your  Command- 
dery,  that  all,  being  informed  of  their  duty,  may  have  no 
reasonable  excuse  to  offer  for  the  neglect  of  it. 

And  now,  Eminent  Sir,  permit  me  to  induct  you  into 
the  chair  of  your  Commandery,  and,  in  behalf  of  the  Sir 
Knights  here  assembled,  to  offer  you  my  most  sincere 
congratulations  on  your  accession  to  the  honorable  sta- 
tion you  now  fill.  It  will  henceforth  be  your  special 
duty  to  preserve,  inviolate,  the  Constitution  and  Laws  of 
the  Order;  to  dispense  justice,  reward  merit,  encourage 
truth,  and  diffuse  the  sublime  principles  of  universal  ben- 
evolence. You  will  distribute  alms  to  poor  and  weary 
pilgrims  traveling  from  afar,  feed  the  hungry,  clothe  the 
nake"d,  and  bind  up  the  wounds  of  the  afflicted.  You 
will  inculcate  the  duties  of  Charity  and  hospitality,  and 
govern  your  Commandery  with  justice  and  moderation. 


92  INSTALLATION    OF    OFFICERS 

And  finally,  my  brother,  may  the  bright  example  of  the 
illustrious  heroes  of  former  ages,  whose  matchless  valor 
has  shed  undying  lustre  over  the  name  of  Knight  Temp- 
lar, encourage  and  animate  you  to  the  faithful  perform- 
ance of  every  duty. 

Grand  Marshal :  Commandery,  Attention !  Carry 
Swords  !  Present  Swords  ! 

Installing  Officer :  Sir  Knights,  behold  your  Command- 
er. Recollect,  Sir  Knights,  that  the  prosperity  of  your 
Commandery  will  as  much  depend  on  your  support,  as- 
sistance and  obedience,  as  on  the  assiduity,  fidelity  and 
wisdom  of  your  Commander.  Be  ye,  therefore,  diligent 
and  faithful  in  the  performance  of  your  respective  du- 
ties. 

Grand  Marshal  orders : 

Sir  Knights !  Carry  Swords !  Officers-elect,  Return 
Swords ! 

If  the  new  Cofnmander  desires  to  offer  any  remarks 
this  is  the  appropriate  time. 

Then  may  follow  a  chant  or  appropriate  hymn  by  the 
choir. 

The  Grand  Marshal  then  presents  the  other  officers  in 
the  following  words :  Right  Eminent  Sir :  I  have  the 
further  honor  of  presenting  to  you,  for  installation,  these 
valiant  Sir  Knights  who  have  been  chosen  to  fill  the  vari- 
ous offices  in  this  Commandery  for  the  ensuing  year,  and 
now  declare  themselves  ready  to  enter  upon  the  duties  of 
their  respective  stations. 

The  Grand  Commander  addresses  the  officers-elect  as 
follows : 

Sir  Knights:  Before  proceeding  to  invest  you  with  the 
honor  and  responsibility  of  your  respective  stations,  it 
becomes  my  duty  to  administer  to  you  the  vow  of  office. 
Do  you  severally  consent  to  take  upon  yourselves  that 
vow  ? 

They  bow  in  token  of  assent. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  93 

Installing  Officer :  Sir  Knight  Grand  Marshal,  you  will 
place  the  officers-elect  in  proper  position. 

Grand  Marshal :  Officers-elect  count  twos  !  number  one, 
Draw  Swords!  Point  Swords  to  the  left!  number  two, 
Grasp  blade  with  right  hand!  Uncover! 

Grand  Marshal  then  says: 

Riffht  Eminent  Sir:  The  officers  chosen  are  in  proper 
position  to  take  upon  themselves  the  vow  of  office. 

Grand  Marshal,  turning  to  the  Commandery,  orders: 
Commandery,  Attention  !    Present   swords  ! 

Installing  Officer:  Officers-elect,  repeat  after  me: 

VOW   OF   OFFICE. 

I, ,  do  promise  and  vow  that  I  will  sup- 
port and  maintain  the  Constitution,  Laws  and  Rituals  of 
the  Grand  Encampment  of  Knights  Templar  of  the  Unit- 
ed States  of  America,  the  Constitution,  Laws  and  Regu- 
lations of  the  Grand  Commandery  of  this  jurisdiction, 
and  the  By-Laws  of  this  Commandery,  and  that  I  will 
faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office  to  which  I 
have  been  chosen  to  the  best  of  my  ability. 

Grand  Marshal  orders :  Officers-elect,  Recover ! 

Numbers  two — Relinquish  sword  blade  !  Numbers  one — 
Carry  swords !  Return  swords !  Grand  Marshal  ad- 
dressing the  Commandery,  orders  :  Commandery  !  Carry 
swords  !  Return  swords  !  Be  seated. 

Grand  Marshal  conducts  the  Generalissimo  first,  then 
the  remaining  officers,  according  to  rank,  to  the  Altar,  be- 
fore the  Grand  Commander,  introducing  each  by  his  title, 
and  designating  the  office  to  which  he  has  been  chosen. 
The  Grand  Commander  will  receive  each  of  these  officers 
with  fitting  words,  calling  attention  to  their  official  du- 
ties and  charging  them  to  faithfulness  in  discharging  the 
same.       He  will  also  invest  these  officers  with  their  re- 


94  INSTALLATION   OF   OFFICERS 

spective  jewels,  and  direct  them  to  their  respective  sta- 
tions. 

[The  following  are  suggested  as  appropriate  charges:] 

CHARGE   TO   THE   GENERALISSIMO. 

Sir :  You  have  been  elected  Generalissimo  of  this  Com- 
mandery.  I  now  invest  you  with  the  jewel  of  your  office, 
which  is  a  Square,  surmounted  by  a  Paschal  Lamb 
When  beholding  the  Lamb,  let  it  stimulate  you  to  have 
at  all  times,  a  watchful  eye  over  your  own  conduct,  and 
an  earnest  solicitude  for  the  prosperity  of  the  kingdom  of 
the  blessed  Emanuel,  the  spotless  Lamb  of  God,  who  was 
slain  from  the  foundation  of  the  world. 

The  Square  is  to  remind  you  that  love  and  friendship 
should  forever  govern  the  members  of  Freemasonry  and 
of  the  Orders  of  Knighthood.  Your  station  is  on  the 
right  of  your  Commander;  you  are  to  assist  him  in  his 
various  duties ;  and,  in  his  absence,  to  preside.  I  charge 
you,  therefore,  to  be  faithful  to  the  Sir  Knights  with 
whom  you  are  associated  ;  put  them  often  in  remembrance 
of  those  things  which  tend  to  their  everlasting  peace. 
Finally,  "preach  the  word ;  be  instant  in  season,  out  of 
season ;  reprove,  rebuke,  exhort  with  all  long-suffering 
and  doctrine":  ever  remembering  the  promise,  "Be  thou 
faithful  unto  death,  and  I  will  give  thee  a  crown  of  life." 

CHARGE  TO  THE  CAPTAIN-GENERAL. 

Sir:  You  have  been  elected  Captain-General  of  this 
Commandery.  I  now  invest  you  with  the  jewel  of  your 
office,  which  is  a  Level,  surmounted  by  a  Cock.  As  the  un- 
daunted courage  and  valor  of  the  Cock  stimulates  him 
to  conquer  his  competitor,  or  yield  himself  a  victim  to 
the  contest,  so  should  you  be  stimulated  to  the  dis- 
charge of  every  duty.  You  should  have  on  "the  breast- 
plate of  righteousness,"  so  that  with  patience  and  meek- 
ness you  may  ever  travel  on  the  level  of  humility,  and  be 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  95 

so  supplied  with  divine  grace  as  to  prevent  you  from  sell- 
ing your  God  or  denying  your  Master.  Your  station  is 
on  the  left  of  your  Commander.  Your  duty,  among  other 
things,  is  to  see  that  due  preparation  is  made  for  the  vari- 
ous Conclaves  of  the  Commandery;  that  the  Chambers 
and  Asylum  are  in  suitable  array  for  the  introduction  of 
candidates,  and  the  dispatch  of  business.  You  are  also 
to  receive  and  communicate  to  the  lines  all  orders  issued 
by  the  Commander.  You  are  to  assist  in  Council,  and, 
in  the  absence  of  your  Commander  and  Generalissimo 
you  are  to  preside  over  the  Commandery.  And  now,  I 
exhort  you,  that  with  fidelity  you  perform  every  duty; 
and,  "  whatsoever  ye  do,  do  heartily  as  to  the  Lord,  and 
not  unto  men :  continue  in  prayer,  and  watch  in  the  same 
with  thanksgiving;"  ever  bearing  in  mind  the  promise, 
"Be  not  weary  in  well-doing,  for  in  due  season  ye  shall 
reap  if  ye  faint  not." 

CHARGE   TO   THE   SENIOR   WARDEN. 

Sir :  You  have  been  elected  Senior  Warden  of  this  Com- 
mandery. I  now  invest  you  with  the  jewel  of  your  office, 
which  is  the  Hollow  Square  and  Sword  of  Justice.  It  is  to 
remind  you  that  as  the  children  of  Israel  marched  in  a  hol- 
low square  in  their  journey  through  the  wilderness,  in 
order  to  guard  and  protect  the  Ark  of  the  Covenant,  so 
should  you  he  vigilant  in  guarding  every  avenue  from 
innovation  and  error.  Let  the  Sword  of  Justice,  there- 
fore, be  ever  drawn  to  guard  the  Constitution  of  the 
Order.  Your  station  is  at  the  southwest  angle  of  the  Tri- 
angle, and  upon  the  right  of  the  first  division.  You  will 
attend  pilgrim  warriors,  comfort  and  support  pilgrim 
penitents,  and,  after  due  trial,  introduce  them  into  the 
Asylum.  Let  it  be  your  constant  care  that  the  warrior 
be  not  deterred  from  duty,  nor  the  penitent  molested  on 
his  journey.  Finally,  "Let  your  light  so  shine  before  men 
that  they  may  see  your  good  works,  and  glorify  your 
Father  which  is  in  heaven." 


96  INSTALLATION   OF   OFFICERS 

CHARGE  TO  THE  JUNIOR  WARDEN. 

Sir :  You  have  been  elected  Junior  Warden  of  this  Com- 
mandery.  I  now  invest  you  with  the  jewel  of  your  office, 
which  is  an  Eagle  and  Flaming  Sword.  It  is  to  remind 
you  to  perform  your  various  duties  with  justice  and  valor, 
having  an  eagle  eye  on  the  prosperity  of  the  Order.  Your 
station  is  at  the  northwest  angle  of  the  Triangle,  and  on 
the  left  of  the  third  division.  Your  duty  is  to  attend 
weary  pilgrims  traveling  from  afar,  conduct  them  on  their 
journey,  plead  their  cause,  and,  in  due  time,  recommend 
them  to  the  Commander.  You  will  be  careful  that,  in 
addition  to  the  pilgrim's  garb,  sandals,  staff,  and  scrip, 
their  whole  preparation  and  deportment  shall  be  such  as 
to  cause  them  to  be  recognized  as  children  of  humility. 
Teach  them  that  "Magna  est  Veritas  et  Praevalebit"  is  the 
motto  of  our  Order ;  although  they  will  often  find  the 
heights  of  fortune  inaccessible,  and  the  thorny  path  of 
life  crooked,  adverse,  and  forlorn,  yet  by  faith  and  humil- 
ity— courage  and  constancy — patience  and  perseverance — 
they  may  gain  admission  into  the  Asylum  above,  there 
to  enjoy  the  rewards  that  await  the  valiant  soldiers  of 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Finally,  be  ye  steadfast,  immov- 
able, always  abounding  in  the  work  of  the  Lord  that  you 
may  be  a  shining  light  in  the  world.  A  city  that  is  set 
on  a  hill  cannot  be  hid. 

CHARGE   TO   THE    PRELATE. 

Sir :  You  have  been  elected  Prelate  of  this  Commandery. 
I  have  the  pleasure  of  investing  you  with  this  Triple  Tri- 
angle, which  is  the  jewel  of  your  office,  and  a  beautiful 
emblem  of  Deity.  Your  station  is  on  the  right  of  the 
Generalissimo.  Your  duty  is  to  officiate  at  the  Altar,  and 
to  offer  up  prayers  to  Jehovah.  Your  jewel  is  to  remind 
you  of  the  importance  of  the  trust  reposed  in  you ;  and 
may  "He  who  is  able,  abundantly  furnish  you  for  every 
good  work,  preserve  you  from  falling  into  error,  improve, 
strengthen,  establish  and  perfect  you,"  and  finally  greet 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  97 

you   with  "Well   done,  thou   good  and   faithful  servant, 
enter  thou  into  the  joy  of  thy  Lord." 

CHARGE  TO  THE  TREASURER. 

Sir  :  You  have  been  elected  Treasurer  of  this  Command- 
ery.  I  now  invest  you  with  the  jewel  of  your  office.  Your 
station  is  on  the  right  of  the  Generalissimo,  in  front.  The 
qualities  which  should  recommend  a  Treasurer  are  accu- 
racy and  fidelity — accuracy  in  keeping  a  fair  and  minute 
account  of  all  receipts  and  disbursements ;  fidelity,  in 
carefully  preserving  all  the  property  and  funds  of  the 
Commandery  that  may  be  placed  in  his  hands,  and  render- 
ing a  just  account  of  the  same  whenever  he  is  called  upon 
for  that  purpose.  I  presume  that  your  respect  and  at- 
tachment to  the  Commandery,  and  your  earnest  solici- 
tude for  a  good  name,  which  is  better  than  precious  oint- 
ment, will  prompt  you  to  the  faithful  discharge  of  the 
duties  of  your  office. 

CHARGE  TO  THE  RECORDER. 

Sir:  You  have  been  elected  Recorder  of  this  Command- 
ery. I  now  invest  you  with  the  jewel  of  your  office.  Your 
station  is  on  the  left  of  the  Captain-General,  in  front.  The 
qualities  which  should  recommend  a  Recorder  are: 
promptitude  in  issuing  the  notifications  and  orders  of  his 
superior  officers;  punctuality  in  attending  the  Conclaves 
of  the  Commandery;  correctness  in  recording  their  pro- 
ceedings; judgment  in  discriminating  between  what  is 
proper  and  what  is  improper  to  be  committed  to  writ- 
ing; integrity  in  accounting  for  all  moneys  that  may  pass 
through  his  hands,  and  fidelity  in  paying  the  same  over 
to  the  Treasurer.  The  possession  of  these  good  qualities, 
I  presume,  has  designated  you  for  this  important  office, 
and  I  cannot  entertain  a  doubt  that  you  will  discharge 
its  duties  beneficially  to  the  Commandery  and  honorably 
to  yourself.  And  when  you  shall  have  completed  the 
record  of  your  transactions  here  below,  and  finished  the 


98  INSTALLATION   OF    OFFICERS 

term  of  your  probation,  may  you  be  admitted  into  the 
celestial  Asylum  of  saints  and  angels,  and  find  your  name 
recorded  in  the  Lamb's  Book  of  Life. 

CHARGE  TO  THE  STANDARD  BEARER. 

Sir:  You  have  been  chosen  Standard  Bearer  of  this 
Commandery.  I  now  invest  you  with  the  jewel  of  your 
office,  which  is  a  Plumb,  surmounted  by  a  Banner.  Your 
station  is  in  the  West,  and  in  the  center  of  the  second 
division.  Your  duty  is  to  display,  support,  and  protect 
the  Banner  of  our  Order  which  I  now,  with  pleasure, 
confide  to  your  valor.  You  will  remember  that  it  is  our 
rallying  point  in  time  of  danger;  and  when  unfurled  in 
a  just  and  virtuous  cause,  you  will  never  relinquish  it 
to  an  enemy  but  with  your  life.  Let,  therefore,  your 
conduct  be  such  as  all  the  virtuous  will  delight  to  imitate; 
let  the  refulgent  rays,  which  ever  emanate  from  pure 
benevolence  and  humility,  diffuse  their  luster  on  all 
around,  that  it  may  encourage  and  animate  all  true  and 
courteous  Knights,  and,  at  the  same  time,  confound  and 
dismay  all  their  enemies. 

CHARGE  TO  THE  SWORD  BEARER. 

Sir:  You  have  been  chosen  Sword  Bearer  of  this 
Commandery.  I  now  invest  you  with  the  jewel  of  your 
office,  which  is  a  Triangle  and  Cross  Swords.  Your  sta- 
tion is  on  the  right  of  the  Standard  Bearer  and  on  the 
right  of  the  second  division.  Your  duty  is  to  assist  in 
protecting  the  Banner  of  our  Order,  with  a  heart  devoted 
to  the  principles  of  Faith,  Hope  and  Charity.  Holding 
the  mystic  sword  that  is  endowed  with  justice  and  forti- 
tude, and  tempered  with  mercy,  you  may  cast  your  eyes 
upon  the  Banner,  and  remember  that  "In  Hoc  Signo 
J'inccs"  is  an  expressive  motto  of  our  Order,  and  consol- 
ing to  the  heart  of  every  believer. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  99 

CHARGE    TO    THE    WARDER. 

Sir :  You  have  been  chosen  Warder  of  this  Com- 
mandery.  I  now  invest  you  with  the  jewel  of  your  office, 
which  is  a  Square  Plate  with  a  Trumpet  and  Cross 
Swords  engraved  thereon.  Your  station  is  on  the  left 
of  the  Standard  Bearer  and  upon  the  left  of  the  second 
division,  when  separately  formed.  Your  duty  is  to  sound 
the  Assembly,  announce  the  approach  and  departure  of 
the  Eminent  Commander,  to  post  the  sentinels,  and  see 
that  the  Asylum  is  duly  guarded.  You  will,  also,  report 
all  petitions  from  visitors  and  strangers.  I  charge  you 
to  be  punctual  in  your  attendance,  and  indefatigable  in 
the  discharge  of  your  important  duties  for  though  yours 
is  among  the  last  offices  in  the  Commandery,  it  is  by  no 
means  the  least  important. 

CHARGE    TO    THE    THREE    GUARDS. 

Sir  Knights:  You  have  been  chosen  Guards.  I  now  in- 
vest you  with  the  jewel  of  your  office,  which  is  a  Square 
Plate  with  a  Battle  Ax  engraved  thereon.  Your  posts  are 
those  of  honor  as  well  as  danger.  You  will,  therefore,  be 
vigilant,  challenge  with  spirit,  examine  with  caution,  ad- 
monish with  candor,  relieve  cheerfully,  protect  with  fidel- 
ity, and  fight  valiantly. 

CHARGE   TO   THE  SENTINEL. 

Sir:  You  have  been  chosen  Sentinel  of  this  Command- 
ery, and  I  invest  you  with  the  jewel  of  your  office,  which 
is  a  Square  Plate  with  a  Battle  Ax  engraved  thereon,  and 
this  implement  of  your  office.  As  the  sword  is  placed 
in  the  hands  of  the  Sentinel  to  enable  him  effectually  to 
guard  against  the  approach  of  cowans  and  eavesdroppers, 
and  suffer  none  to  pass  or  repass  but  such  as  are  duly 
qualified,  so  it  should  morally  serve  as  a  constant  admoni- 
tion to  set  a  guard  at  the  entrance  of  our  thoughts,  to 
place  a  watch  at  the  door  of  our  lips,  to  post  a  sentinel 


100  INSTALLATION   OF    OFFICERS 

at  the  avenue  of  our  actions,  thereby  excluding  every  un- 
qualified and  unworthy  thought,  word  and  deed,  and 
preserving  consciences  void  of  offense  toward  God  and 
toward  man. 

As  the  first-application  from  visitors  for  admission  into 
the  Commandery  is  generally  made  to  the  Sentinel  at  the 
door,  your  station  will  often  present  you  to  the  observa- 
tion of  strangers ;  it  is,  therefore,  essentially  necessary 
that  he  who  sustains  the  office  with  which  you  are  en- 
trusted, should  be  a  man  of  good  morals,  steady  habits, 
strict  discipline,  temperate,  affable,  and  discreet.  I  trust 
that  a  just  regard  for  the  honor  and  reputation  of  the 
institution  will  ever  induce  you  to  perform  with  fidelity 
the  trust  reposed  in  you,  and  when  the  door  of  this  earthlv 
tabernacle  shall  be  closed,  may  you  find  an  abundant 
entrance,  through  the  gates,  into  the  temple  and  city  of 
our  God. 

The  presiding  officer  then  delivers  the  following 

CHARGE    TO    THE    COMMANDERY. 

Sir  Knights :  To  manage  and  conduct  the  concerns  of 
a  Commandery  of  Knights  Templar  with  that  prompti- 
tude, integrity,  and  skill  which  the  institution  demands, 
will  require  the  exercise  of  all  the  talents  and  persever- 
ance of  its  officers  and  members.  Are  any  of  you  solicitous 
that  your  equals  and  inferiors  should  conduct  themselves 
toward  you  with  deference  and  respect?  Be  sure  to  let  no 
opportunity  pass  without  furnishing  them  an  example 
in  your  own  conduct.  The  officers  will  recollect  that 
those  moral  and  religious  duties  and  precepts  which  they, 
from  time  to  time,  so  forcibly  impress  upon  the  minds 
of  others,  should  by  no  means  be  neglected  by  themselves, 
and  the  most  effectual  way  to  insure  success  is  to  let 
precept  and  example  go  hand  in  hand. 

I  would,  therefore,  exhort  one  and  all  to  look  well  to 
the  East,  to  the  West,  to  the  North,  and  to  the  South, 
and  see  that  the  entering  avenues  are  strictly  guarded,  and 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  101 

that  you  suffer  no  one  to  pass  the  threshold  of  your 
Asylum  but  the  worthy  children  of  humility,  and,  at  the 
same  time,  that  you  suffer  no  one  to  walk  among  you 
disorderly  ivithout  admonition  or  reproof.  While  such  is 
the  conduct  of  the  officers  and  members,  you  may  rest 
assured  that  this  valiant,  magnanimous  Order  will  forever 
flourish  like  the  green  bay  tree.  And  now,  Sir  Knights, 
I  would  address  you  in  the  language  of  David  to  his 
beloved  city:  "Peace  be  within  thy  walls,  and  prosperity 
within  thy  palaces !  For  my  brethren  and  companions' 
sake,  I  will  now  say,  Peace  be  within  thee !" 

The  Grand  Marshal  will  then  say :  Commandery,  At- 
tention !  Draw  swords !  Present  swords !  He  will  then 
make  the 


OFFICIAL    PROCLAMATION. 

Hear  ye !  hear  ye !  hear  ye !  Valiant  Knights  of  the 
Temple !     In  the  name  of  the  Grand  Commandery  of  the 

State  of I  hereby  proclaim  that  the  officers  of 

Commandery,  No ,  Knights  Templar, 

have  been  duly  installed  into  their  respective  stations  for 
the  ensuing  Templar  year,  and  the  Commandery  is  now 
constitutionally  organized  for  the  dispatch  of  business. 
This  proclamation  is  made  to  the  North  (one  blast  on 
trumpet),  to  the  South  (one  blast),  to  the  East  (one 
blast),  to  the  West  (grand  flourish  on  trumpet).  All  true 
and  courteous  Knights  will  take  due  notice  thereof,  and 
govern  themselves  accordingly. 

Grand  Marshal :  Carry  swords  !  Return  swords  !  Be 
seated ! 

The  choir  may  then  chant  the  "Te  Deum  Laudamus,"  or 
render  some  other  appropriate  musical  selection. 

The  Grand  Commandery  may  then  retire  with  a  proper 
escort,  and  the  Commandery  will  proceed  with  the  regu- 
lar order  of  business. 


102  INSTALLATION   OF    OFFICERS 

INSTALLATION    SERVICE    FOR    GRAND 
COMMANDERIES. 

At  the  time  selected  for  the  ceremony  of  installation,  the 
acting  Grand  Commander  shall  take  his  place  as  presid- 
ing officer,  and  select  some  competent  Sir  Knight  to  act 
as  Grand  Marshal,  under  whose  direction  the  officers-elect 
will  retire  to  an  adjoining  room.  The  jewels  of  office 
should  be  placed  on  the  Altar  in  front  of  the  installing 
officer.  The  Grand  Commander  will  then  direct  the 
Grand  Marshal  to  introduce  the  Grand  Officers-elect,  and 
display  them  by  single  line,  facing  the  East,  in  the  order 
of  their  official  rank,  the  Grand  Commander  on  the  right. 

The  Grand  Marshal  will  then  say: 

Right  Eminent  Sir,  I  present  before  you  these  Sir 
Knights,  who,  having  been  duly  elected  officers  of  this 
Grand  Commandery  for  the  ensuing  year,  are  now  ready 
to  enter  upon  the  duties  of  their  several  stations. 

Then,  all  standing,  the  Grand  Commander  will  say : 

Sir  Knights:  Before  investing  you  with  the  jewels  of 
your  respective  official  positions,  it  becomes  my  duty  to 
receive  from  you  the  vow  of  office.  Are  you  willing  to 
take  such  vow? 

They  bow  in  token  of  assent. 

The  Grand  Marshal  will  then  cause  each  Sir  Knight 
in  the  line  of  officers-elect  occupying  the  odd  numbers 
from  the  right  of  the  line  to  draw  his  sword  dropping 
it  to  the  left  to  a  horizontal  position.  The  Sir  Knight  on 
his  left  will  lay  his  left  hand  upon  the  sword,  then  each 
will  place  his  right  hand  upon  his  left  breast,  and  repeat 
after  the  Grand  Commander  the  following 

VOW   OF  OFFICE. 

I,  do  promise  and  vow  that  I  will  sup- 
port and  maintain  the  Constitution,  Laws  and  Rituals  of 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  103 

the  Grand  Encampment  of  Knights  Templar  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  the  Constitution,  Laws  and 
Regulations  of  the  Grand  Commandery  of  this  Jurisdic- 
tion, and  that  I  will  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  the 
office  to  which  I  have  been  chosen  to  the  best  of  my 
ability. 

The  Grand  Marshal  will  then  conduct  the  Grand  Com- 
mander-elect to  the  front  of  the  Altar,  and,  addressing 
the  presiding  officer,  will  say: 

Right    Eminent    Sir:      I    present    to    you    Sir    Knight 

,  who  has  been  elected  to  the  office  of 

Grand  Commander  of  Knights  Templar  of  this  jurisdic- 
tion, and  who  now  declares  himself  ready  for  installation. 

The  presiding  officer  will  then  say: 

Sir  Knights,  Attention!  Uncover!  Let  us  unite  with 
our  Grand  Prelate  in  an  invocation  to  the  Throne  of 
Grace. 

The  Grand  Prelate  will  then  offer  an  appropriate 
prayer. 

The  Sir  Knights  will  then  be  covered,  and  the  presid- 
ing officer  will  deliver  to  the  Grand  Commander  the 
following 

CHARGE. 

Right  Eminent  Sir:  Having  been  called  by  the  mem- 
bers of  this  Grand  Body  to  fill  the  highest  office  in  their 
gift,  I  congratulate  you  upon  having  received  such  high 
honor  at  their  hands,  and  I  now  invest  you  with  the 
jewel  of  your  office. 

Having  placed  the  jewel  on  the  left  breast  of  the 
Grand  Commander,  he  continues  : 

The  high  honors  of  your  office  are  accompanied  by 
weighty  responsibilities.  While  your  authority  will  at 
all  times  be  respected,  and  your  orders  cheerfully  obeyed, 
it  is  expected  that  you  will  have  a  watchful  care  over 


104  INSTALLATION   OF    OFFICERS 

the  interests  of  the  Order  in  your  jurisdiction,  and  en- 
force a  prompt  obedience  to  its  Constitution,  Laws  and 
Regulations ;  that  you  will  yourself  exemplify,  in  your 
daily  walk  and  conversation,  the  excellent  tenets  of  our 
profession ;  that  your  ears  will  never  be  closed  to  the  cry 
of  the  widow  and  the  orphan ;  and  that  you  will  not  turn 
aside  from  injured  innocence  and  the  wayfaring  brother 
in  distress.  Maintain  with  unfailing  care  the  Constitu- 
tion, Laws  and  Regulations  of  this  Grand  Body,  and  by 
your  own  respect  for  law  cause  others  to  find  a  strong 
incentive  to  obedience  of  all  lawful  requirements. 

Right  Eminent  Sir:  Approach  the  East.  Sir  Knights, 
Attention  !  Behold  your  Grand  Commander  !  Grand  Com- 
mander, behold  your  Grand  Commandery  ! 

The  Grand  Commandery  will  now  be  seated,  and 
should  the  new  Grand  Commander  desire  to  offer  any 
remarks,  this  is  the  appropriate  time. 

The  Grand  Marshal  will  then  present  the  remaining 
Grand  officers  for  installation,  which  work  may  be  done 
by  the  Grand  Commander,  or  the  officer  previously  officiat- 
ing. In  either  case,  the  officers  to  be  installed  shall 
be  charged  to  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of 
their  respective  positions,  and  shall  be  invested  with 
the  jewels  thereto  attached. 

Due  proclamation  shall  then  be  made  by  the  Grand 
Marshal  as  follows    : 

Hear  ye !  hear  ye!  hear  ye!  Valiant  Knights  of  the 
Temple!     The    Officers    of    the    Grand    Commandery    of 

,   for   the  year  ensuing  have  been   duly 

installed  into  their  respective  stations.  This  proclamation 
is  made  to  the  North  (one  blast  on  trumpet),  to  the 
South  (one  blast),  to  the  East  (one  blast),  and  to  the 
West  (grand  flourish  on  trumpet).  All  true  and  courte- 
ous Knights  will  take  due  notice  thereof,  and  govern 
themselves  accordingly. 

If  desired,  appropriate  music  may  be  used  during  the 
ceremony. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  105 

INSTALLATION  SERVICE  FOR  GRAND 
ENCAMPMENT. 


At  the  time  designated  for  the  ceremony  of  installation, 
the  officers-elect  shall  be  placed  in  due  position  before  the, 
retiring  Grand  Master,  or  some  officer  designated  to  take 
his  place  in  the  performing  of  the  service  of  installation, 
who  shall  administer  to  them  the  following 


VOW    OF    OFFICE. 

I do  promise  and  vow  that  I  will  sup- 
port and  maintain  the  Constitution,  Laws  and  Rituals 
of  the  Grand  Encampment  of  Knights  Templar  of  the 
United  States  of  America,  and  that  I  will  faithfully  dis- 
charge the  duties  belonging  to  the  office  to  which  I  have 
been  chosen  to  the  best  of  my  ability. 

Prayer  may  then  be  offered. 

The  presiding  officer  may  then  address  the  Grand 
Master  and  those  associated  with  him  in  office,  calling 
attention  to  the  work  and  responsibility  which  devolve 
upon  them,  and  giving  to  them  a  special  charge  that  they 
shall  exercise  a  careful  supervision  of  the  affairs  and  in- 
terests of  the  Order,  and  be  diligent  in  their  several 
exalted  stations  to  exemplify  the  graces  of  Christian 
Knighthood. 

He  shall  then  cause  proclamation  to  be  made  that  the 
officers  have  been  duly  installed. 


106  FORM    OF    PETITION 


FORM  OF  PETITION  FOR  THE  ORDERS. 


To  the  Commander,  Generalissimo,  Captain-General  and  Sir 
Knights  of Commandcry,  No.  .  .,  Knights  Templar: 

The  undersigned  represents  that  he  received  the  degree 

of  Master  Mason  in Lodge  No.  .  . ,  under  the 

jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of ,  and  the 

degree  of  Royal  Arch  Mason  in Chapter,  No.  . ., 

under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Chapter  of » 

and  that  he  is  at  the  present  time  a  member  of 

Lodge,  No.  .  .,  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Lodge 

of    ,  and    Chapter,  No.    ..,  under  the 

jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Chapter  of ;  that 

he  is  a  firm  believer  in  the  Christian  religion,  and  that 

he  has   been  rejected   (by Commandery  of 

,  on  the day  of 19 .  . .  . )  ; 

that  he  is  desirous  of  receiving  the  Orders  of  Knighthood 
conferred  in  your  Commandery,  and  if  found  worthy, 
promises  to  conform  to  the  ancient  usages  and  customs 
of  the  Order. 

He  was  born  on  the day  of A.  D., 

,  in  the  State  of  His  place  of  resi- 
dence is His  occupation  is  that  of 

That  he  has  read  this  petition,  and  that  he  has  personally 
signed  his  full  name  hereto. 


(Sign  your  name  in  full.) 
Dated 

We  vouch  for  the  good  character  and  Masonic  stand- 
ing of  the  petitioner  and  recommend  his  admission. 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  107 

BURIAL  SERVICE  OF  THE  ORDERS  OF 
MASONIC  KNIGHTHOOD 


GENERAL  REGULATIONS. 

1.  No  Knight  Templar  can  be  buried  with  the  funeral 
honors  of  Knighthood,  unless  he  be  in  regular  standing. 

2.  An  unaffiliated  Knight  is  not  entitled  to  Templar 
honors ;  but  the  Commandery  may  grant  them,  or  it  may 
withhold  them,  without  breach  of  Knightly  duty. 

3.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  Eminent  Commander  to  convene 
the  Commandery,  upon  notice  of  the  death  of  a  Sir  Knight 
who  may  be  entitled  to  receive  funeral  honors,  upon  request, 
made  when  living  or  by  his  family  after  his  decease,  for 
the  purpose  of  attending  the  funeral  ceremonies. 

4.  The  Knights,  on  such  occasions,  will  attend  in  full 
uniform,  pursuant  to  the  regulations,  their  sword-hilts  and 
the  banner  of  the  Commandery  being  suitably  dressed  in 
mourning. 

In  unpleasant  weather  the  fatigue  uniform  may  be  worn. 

5.  On  the  coffin  of  the  deceased  Knight  will  be  placed 
his  hat  and  sword ;  and,  if  an  officer,  his  jewel,  trimmed 
with  crape. 

6.  The  Eminent  Commander  will  preside  during  the 
services,  and,  assisted  by  the  Prelate,  lead  in  the  ceremonies, 
pursuant  to  the  iritual.  If  Grand  Officers  or  Past  Grand 
Officers  be  present,  they  will  be  allotted  a  place  in  the  pro- 
cession according  to  their  rank. 

7.  The  Sir  Knights  will  assemble  at  their  Asylum,  and 
march  to  the  residence  of  the  deceased  in  the  usual  order  of 
processions ;  the  line  being  headed  by  the  Warder,  and  the 
officers  being  in  the  rear,  according  to  rank ;  that  is,  the 
Eminent  Commander  last;  but  if  a  Grand  Prelate  be  present, 
he  shall  take  the  place  of  the  Prelate  of  the  Commandery. 


108  BURIAL    SERVICE 

On  arriving  at  the  house,  the  lines  are  opened  and  the  Emi- 
nent Commander  passes  to  the  front  and  receives  the  body, 
placing  the  hat  and  sword  on  the  coffin. 

8.  The  procession  is  then  formed  as  before ;  the  body, 
with  the  mourners  and  citizens  present,  being  in  the  rear  of 
the  Sir  Knights.  If  the  services  are  to  be  performed  at  a 
church  or  other  place  of  public  assembly,  the  procession  on 
arriving  will  enter  in  reversed  order,  the  Eminent  Com- 
mander and  Prelate  preceding  the  body  and  mourners. 

9.  On  arrival  at  the  cemetery,  the  Captain-General  will 
place  the  Commandery  as  may  be  convenient  according  to 
the  conformation  of  the  ground.  When  practical,  it  is  recom- 
mended that  the  Commandery  be  formed  in  two  lines,  one 
each  side  of  the  grave,  the  Commander  and  Prelate  at  the 
head,  pall-bearers  beside  the  coffin,  and  mourners  and  friends 
at  the  foot.'- 

10.  When  the  public  or  religious  services  are  concluded, 
six  Sir  Knights,  as  a  guard  of  honor  will  form  arch  of  steel, 
over  the  body,  the  Eminent  Commander  with  the  Prelate  be- 
ing at  the'  'head  of  the  coffin  and  the  Senior  and  Junior 
Wardens  at  the  foot. 

11.  Nearly  all  the  Funeral  Service  of  Knighthood  is 
generally  performed  at  the  house  of  the  deceased,  at  a  church 
or  at  some  place  of  public  assembly.  It  may,  however,  be 
deferred  till  at  the  grave,  but  is  not  recommended.  It  will 
be  conducted  according  to  the  following  ritual : 

All  being  in  readiness — 

Choir  renders  an  appropriate  selection. 

RITUAL. 

Eminent  Commander.  Sir  Knights,  in  the  solemn  rites 
of  our  Order,  we  'have  often  been  reminded  of  the  great  truth 
that  we  were  born  to  die.  Mortality  has  been  brought  to 
view,  that  we  might  more  earnestly  seek  an  immortality  be- 
yond this  fleeting  life,  where  death  can  come  no  more  for- 
ever.    The  sad  and  mournful  funeral  knell  has  betokened 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  109 

that  another  spirit  has  winged  its  flight  to  a  new  state  of  ex- 
istence. An  alarm  has  come  to  the  door  of  onr  Asylum,  and 
the  messenger  was  Death ;  and  none  presumed  to  say  to  'the 
awful  presence,  "Who  dare  approach?"  A  pilgrim  warrior 
has  been  summoned,  "and  there  is  no  discharge  in  that  war." 
A  'burning  taper  olf  life  in  our  Commandery  has  been  extin- 
guished, and  none  save  the  High  and  Holy  One  can  relight  it. 

All  that  remains  of  our  beloved  companion  Sir  Knight 
lies  mute  before  us,  and  the  light  of  the  eye,  and  the  breath- 
ing of  the  lips,  in  their  language  of  fraternal  greeting,  has 
ceased  for  us  forever  on  this  side  of  the  grave.  His  sword, 
vowed  only  to  be  drawn  in  the  cause  of  truth,  justice  and 
rational  liberty,  reposes  in  its  scabbard,  and  our  arms  can  no 
more  shield  him  from  wrong  or  oppression. 

[Here  the  Guard  of  Honor  return  swords  at  a  signal  from 
the  Eminent  Commander.] 

It  is  meet,  at  such  a  time,  that  we  should  be  silent,  and 
let  the  words  of  the  Infinite  and  Undying  speak,  that  we  may 
gather  consolation  from  His  revelations,  and  impress  upon 
our  minds  lessons  olf  wisdom  and  instruction  and  the  meet- 
ness  of  preparation  for  the  last  great  change  which  must  pass 
upon  us  all. 

Let  us  be  reverently  attentive  while  Sir  Knight,  our  Pre- 
late, reads  to  us  a  lesson  from  the  Holy  Scriptures. 

Captain-General.    1.  Commandery,  2.  Attention. 

Prelate.  Help,  Lord !  for  the  faithful  fail  from  among 
the  children  of  men. 

Response.     Llelp  us,  O  Lord ! 

Prelate.  The  righteous  cry,  and  the  Lord  heareth,  and 
delivereth  them  out  of  all  their  troubles. 

Response.     Hear  us,  O  Lord  ! 

Prelate.  The  Lord  is  nigh  unto  them  that  are  of  a  broken 
heart,  and  saveth  such  as  be  of  a  contrite  spirit. 

Response.     Be  nigh  unto  us,  O  Lord! 


110  BURIAL    SERVICE 

Prelate.  The  Lord  redeemeth  the  souls  of  His  servants ; 
and  none  of  them  that  trust  in  Him  shall  be  desolate. 

Response.     Redeem  us,  O  Lord ! 

Prelate.  For  I  will  not  trust  in  any  bow,  neither  shall  my 
sword  save  me. 

Response.     Redeem  us,  O  Lord ! 

Prelate.  But  God  will  redeem  my  soul  from  the  power  or 
the  grave ;  for  He  shall  receive  me. 

Response.     Redeem  us,  O  Lord  ! 

Prelate.  Wilt  Thou  show  wonders  to  the  dead?  Shall 
the  dead  arise  and  praise  Thee  ?  Shall  Thy  loving  kindness 
be  declared  in  the  grave,  or  Thy  faithfulness  in  destruction? 

Response.     Save  us,  O  Lord! 

Prelate.  We  spend  our  years  as  a  tale  that  is  told.  The 
days  of  our  years  are  threescore  years  and  ten;  and  if,  by 
reason  of  strength,  they  be  fourscore  years,  yet  is  their 
strength,  labor  and  sorrow,  for  it  is  soon  cut  off  and  we  fly 
away.  So  teach  us  to  number  our  days  that  we  may  apply 
our  hearts  unto  wisdom. 

Response.     Teach  us,  O  Lord! 

Prelate.  For  He  knoweth  our  frame ;  He  remembereth 
that  we  are  dust.  As  for  man,  his  days  are  as  grass ;  as  a 
flower  of  the  field,  he  flourisheth.  For  the  wind  passeth  over 
it,  and  it  is  gone ;  and  the  place  thereof  shall  know  it  no  more. 
But  the  mercy  of  the  Lord  is  from  everlasting  to  everlasting 
upon  them  that  fear  Him. 

Response.     Show  mercy,  O  Lord! 

Prelate.  We  shall  not  all  sleep,  but  we  shall  all  be 
changed  in  a  moment,  in  the  twinkling  of  an  eye,  at  the  last 
trump ;  for  the  trumpet  shall  sound,  and  the  dead  shall  be 
raised  incorruptible,  and  we  shall  be  changed.  For  this  cor- 
ruptible must  put  on  irncorruption,  and  this  mortal  must  put 
on  immortality.  So,  when  this  corruptible  shall  have  put  on 
incorrnption,  and  this  mortal  shall  have  put  on  immortality, 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  Ill 

then  shall  be  brought  to  pass  the  saying  that  is  written. 
Death  is  swallowed  up  in  victory.  O  death,  where  is  thy 
sting?    O  grave,  where  is  thy  victory? 

Response.  O  death,  where  is  thy  sting?  O  grave,  where 
is  thy  victory  ? 

Prelate.  The  sting  of  death  is  sin ;  and  the  strength  of 
sin  is  the  law.  But  thanks  be  to  God,  which  giveth  us  the 
victory  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

Response.     Thanks  be  to  God  ! 

Eminent  Commander.  Shall  the  memory  of  our  departed 
brother  fade  from  among  men  ? 

Response.     It  is  cherished  in  our  souls  forever. 

Eminent  Commander.  Shall  no  record  be  left  of  his  vir- 
tues and  worth? 

Response.  It  is  inscribed  upon  our  hearts ;  it  is  written 
in  our  archives  :  the  heart  may  cease  to  throb,  and  the  archives 
may  molder  and  decay,  but  the  tablets  of  the  recording  angel 
on  high  can  never  perish. 

[Tlie  Recorder  here  opens  the  Book  of  Records  of  the 
Commandcry,  on  wJiich  a  page  is  set  apart,  suitably  inscribed, 
and  says:] 

Recorder.     Thus  it  is  written. 

[The  Knights  boxv  their  heads.] 

Eminent  Commander.  He  was  a  true  and  courteous 
Knight,  and  has  fallen  in  life's  struggle  full  Knightly  with 
his  armor  on,  prepared  for  Knightly  deeds. 

Prelate.     Rest  to  his  ashes,  and  peace  to  his  soul ! 

Response.     Rest  to  his  ashes,  and  peace  to  his  soul ! 

Prelate.  Sovereign  Ruler  of  the  Universe !  into  Thy 
hands  we  devoutly  and  submissively  commit  the  departed 
spirit. 

Response.     Thy  will  be  done,  O  God ! 


112  BURIAL    SERVICE 

[Choir  renders  an  appropriate  selection  of  music;  but  when 
there  are  other  ceremonies,  music  here  should  be  omitted.] 

Prelate  makes  the  following  prayer,  or  an  extemporaneous 
one  if  preferred.  The  prayer  may  be  made  by  a  clergyman  if 
desirable. 

Father  of  Lights,  in  'this  dark  and  trying  hour  of  calamity 
and  sorrow,  we  'humbly  lift  our  hearts  to  Thee.  Give  us,  we 
pray,  that  light  which  cometh  down  from  above.  Thou  hast 
mercifully  said  in  Thy  Holy  Word  that  the  bruised  reed  thou 
wouldst  not  break ;  remember  in  mercy,  O  Lord,  these  be- 
reaved ones  now  before  Thee.  Be  Thou,  at  this  hour,  the 
Father  of  the  fatherless,  and  the  widow's  God.  Administer 
to  them  the  consolations  which  they  so  sorely  need.  Cause 
us  to  look  away  from  these  sad  scenes  of  frail  mortality  to 
the  'hopes  which  lie  beyond  the  grave,  and  bind  us  yet  closer 
together  in  the  ties  of  brotherly  love  and  affection.  While  we 
see  how  frail  is  man,  and  how  uncertain  the  continuance  of 
our  lives  upon  the  earth,  and  are  reminded  of  our  own  mor- 
tality, lead  us,  by  Thy  grace  and  spirit,  to  turn  our  thoughts 
to  those  things  Which  make  for  our  everlasting  peace ;  and 
give  us  a  frame  of  mind  to  make  a  proper  improvement  of  all 
the  admonitions  of  Thy  providence,  and  fix  our  thoughts 
more  devotedly  on  Thee,  the  only  sure  refuge  in  time  of  need. 
And  at  last,  when  our  earthly  pilgrimage  shall  be  ended, 
"when  the  silver  cord  sihall  be  loosed  and  the  golden  bowl  be 
broken,"  wilt  Thou,  O  God,  in  that  moment  of  mortal  extrem- 
ity, be  indeed  Immanucl — Christ  with  us;  may  the  "lamp  of 
Thy  love"  dispel  the  gloom  of  the  dark  valley,  and  we  be 
enabled  by  the  commendations  of  Thy  Son  to  gain  admission 
into  the  blessed  Asylum  above ;  and  in  thy  glorious  presence, 
amidst  its  ineffable  mysteries,  enjoy  a  union  with  the  spirits 
of  the  departed,  perfect  as  is  the  happiness  of  heaven,  and 
durable  as  the  eternity  of  God.    Amen. 

Response.     Amen  and  Amen. 

[Choir  renders  an  appropriate  selection  of  music] 

Prelate.     Sir  Knights,  there  is  one  sacred  spot  upon  the 
■  earth  where  the  footfalls  of  our  march  are  unheeded;  our 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  113 

trumpets  quicken  no  pulse  and  incite  no  fear ;  the  rustling  of 
our  banners  and  the  gleam  of  our  swords  awaken  no  emo- 
tion. [It  is  the  silent  city  of  the  dead,  to  which  another  of 
our  nurhber  is  now  to  be  borne.*]  Awe  rests  upon  every 
heart,  and  the  stern  warrior's  eyes  are  bedewed  with  tears 
which  never  shame  his  manhood.  It  needs  no  siege,  nor  as- 
sault, nor  beleaguering  host  to  enter  its  walls ;  we  fear  no 
sortie,  and  listen  for  no  battle  shout.  No  Warder's  challenge 
greets  the  ear,  nor  do  we  wait  awhile  with  patience  for  per- 
mission to  enter. 

Hither  must  we  all  come  at  last;  and  the  stoutest  heart 
and  the  manliest  form  that  surrounds  me  will  then  be  led  a 
captive,  without  title  or  rank,  in  the  chains  of  mortality  and 
the  habiliments  of  slavery,  to  the  King  of  Terrors  But  if  he 
has  been  faithful  to  the  Captain  of  his  salvation,  a  true  soldier 
of  the  Cross ;  if  he  has  offered  suitable  gifts  at  the  shrine  of 
his  departed  Lord,  and  bears  the  signet  of  the  Lion  of  the 
tribe  of  Judah,  then  may  he  claim  to  be  of  that  princely 
house  and  to  be  admitted  to  audience  with  the  Sovereign 
Master  of  Heaven  and  Earth.  Then  will  he  be  stripped  of 
the  chains  of  earthly  captivity  and  clothed  in  a  white  garment, 
glistening  as  the  sun,  and  be  seated  with  princes  and  rulers, 
and  partake  of  a  libation,  not  otf  death  and  sorrow,  but  of  that 
wine  which  is  drank  forever  new  in  the  Father's  kingdom 
above. 

We  cannot  come  here  without  subdued  hearts  and  sdftened 
affections.  Often  as  the  challenge  comes  which  takes  from 
our  side  some  loved  associate,  some  cherished  companion-in- 
arms, and  often  as  the  trumpet  sounds  its  wailing  notes  to 
summon  us  to  the  death  bed  and  the  brink  of  the  sepulchre, 
we  icannot  contemplate  "the  last  of  earth"  unmoved.  Each 
successive  death-note  snaps  some  fibre  which  binds  us  to  this 
lower  existence,  and  makes  us  pause  and  reflect  upon  that 
dark  and  gloomy  chamber  where  we  must  all  terminate  our 
pilgrimage.  Well  will  it  be  for  our  peace  then  if  we  can  wash 


*When  the  service  is  given  at  the  grave,  the  sentence  in 
brackets  is  changed  to  read  as  follows:  It  is  the  silent  city  of 
the  dead  where  we  now  stand. 


114  BURIAL    SERVICE 

our  hands,  not  only  in  token  of  sincerity,  but  of  every  guilty 
stain,  and  give  honest  and  satisfactory  answers  to  the  ques- 
tions required. 

The  sad  and  solemn  scene  now  before  us  stirs  up  these 
recollections  with  force  and  vivid  power.  He  Who  now  slum- 
bers in  that  last,  long,  unbroken  sleep  of  death  was  our 
brother.  With  him  have  we  walked  the  pilgrimage  of  life, 
and  kept  watch  and  ward  together  in  its  vicissitudes  and  trials. 
He  is  now  removed  from  the  effect  of  our  praise  or  censure. 
That  we  loved  him  our  presence  here  evinces,  and  we  remem- 
ber him  in  scenes  to  which  the  world  was  not  witness,  and 
where  the  better  feelings  of  humanity  were  exhibited  without 
disguise.  That  he  had  ifaults  is  but  to  repeat  what  his  mortal- 
ity demonstrates — that  he  had  a  human  nature,  not  divine. 
Over  those  faults  we  cast,  while  living,  the  mantle  of  charity ; 
it  should,  with  much  more  reason,  enshroud  him  in  death. 
We  who  have  been  taught  to  extend  the  point  of  charity  even 
to  a  foe,  when  fallen,  cannot  be  severe  or  merciless  toward  a 
loved  brother. 

The  memory  of  his  virtues  lingers  in  our  remembrance 
and  reflects  its  shining  luster  beyond  the  portals  of  the  tomb. 
The  earthen  vase  which  has  contained  precious  odors  will  lose 
none  of  its  fragrance,  though  the  clay  be  broken  and  shat- 
tered.   So  be  it  with  our  brother's  memory. 

[Junior  Warden  steps  forward  and  presents  the  szvord  to 
the  Eminent  Commander.] 

Eminent  Commander.  Our  departed  brother  Sir  Knight 
was  taught,  while  living,  that  this  sword,  in  his  hands,  as  a 
true  and  courteous  Knight,  was  endowed  with  three  most  es- 
timable qualities:  "Its  hilt  with  justice  impartial;  its  blade 
with  fortitude  undaunted,  and  its  point  with  mercy  unre- 
strained." To  this  lesson,  with  its  deep,  emblematical  signifi- 
cance, we  trust  he  gave  wise  heed.  He  could  never  grasp  it 
without  being  reminded  of  the  lively  significance  of  the  at- 
tributes it  inculcated.  He  has  borne  the  pangs  of  dissolving 
nature — may  we  trust  that  it  was  with  the  same  fortitude 
that  he  sustained  the  trials  of  this  passing  existence ;  to  his 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  115 

name  and  memory  be  justice  done,  as  we  hope  to  receive  the 
like  meed  ourselves  ;  and  may  that  mercy  unrestrained,  which 
is  the  glorious  attribute  of  the  Son  of  God,  interpose  in  his 
behalf  to  admit  him  to  the  blessed  companionship  of  saints 
and  angels  in  the  realms  of  light  and  life  eternal. 

Response.     Amen  and  Amen ! 

[Senior  Warden  steps  forward  and  presents  a  cross  to  the 
Prelate.] 

Prelate.  This  symbol  of  faith — 'the  Christian's  hope  and 
the  Christians  trust — we  again  place  on  the  breast  of  our 
brother,  there  to  remain  till  the  last  trumpet  shall  sound,  and 
earth  and  sea  yield  up  their  dead.  Though  it  may,  in  the  past 
history  of  our  race,  'have  been  perverted,  at  times,  into  an  en- 
sign of  oppression  and  crime,  and  wrong ;  though  it  may  have 
been  made  the  emblem  of  fraud,  and  superstition,  and  moral 
darkness,  yet  its  significance  still  remains  as  the  badge  of  a 
Christian  warrior.  It  calls  to  mind  Gethsemane  and  its  sor- 
rowful garden ;  the  judgment-hall  of  Pilate  and  the  pitiless 
crown  of  thorns ;  Golgotha  and  Calvary,  and  their  untold 
agonies,  that  fallen  man  might  live  and  inherit  everlasting 
life.  If  an  inspired  apostle  was  not  as'hamed  of  the  cross, 
neither  should  we  be;  if  he  gloried  in  the  significance  of  the 
truths  it  shadowed  forth,  so  ought  we  to  rejoice  in  it  as  the 
speaking  witness  of  our  reliance  beyond  the  grave.  May  this 
hope  of  the  living  have  been  the  anchor  to  the  soul  of  our  de- 
parted brother — the  token  to  admit  him  to  that  peaceful  haven 
"where  the  wicked  cease  from  troubling,  and  the  weary  are  at 
rest." 

Response.     Amen  and  Amen  ! 

[The  Prelate  then  places  the  cross  upon  the  coffin,  and 
continues:] 

Prelate.  The  sword  in  our  hands  is  a  symbol  of  the  duties 
we  are  vowed  to  fulfill  and  not  an  instrument  of  assault  or 
defense.  We  claim  to  exercise  praotical  virtues  in  the  holy 
bonds  of  our  confraternity,  in  humble  imitation  of  those  re- 
nowned knights  of  the  olden  time  ;  for  there  is  in  this  enlight- 


116  BURIAL    SERVICE 

ened.  age  innocence  to  be  guarded,  widowed  hearts  to  be  re- 
lieved of  their  burdens,  and  orphanage  to  be  protected  from 
the  chilly  blasts  of  a  wintry  world ;  and  to  be  true  and  courte- 
ous is  not  limited  to  any  age  or  clime. 

Our  brother,  whose  cold  and  lifeless  remains  are  about  to 
be  committed  to  die  earth,  was  one  of  our  fraternal  band, 
bound  by  the  same  ties  and  pledged  to  the  same  duties.  To 
his  bereaved  and  mourning  friends  and  relatives  we  have  but 
little  worldly  consolation  to  offer,  but  we  do  tender  them  our 
heartfelt  sympathies,  and  dare  to  say  that  He  who  tempers  the 
wind  to  the  shorn  lamb  looks  down  with  infinite  compassion 
upon  the  widow  and  the  fatherless  in  their  hour  of  desolation ; 
and  that  the  same  benevolent  Savior  who  wept  tears  of  sym- 
pathy over  the  grave  at  Bethany,  will  enfold  within  the  arms 
of  His  love  and  protection  all  those  who  put  their  trust  and 
confidence  in  Him. 

Response.     Amen  and  Amen  ! 

[The  procession  will  now  be  formed  in  accordance  with  the 
tactics  of  the  jurisdiction  and  proceed  to  the  cemetery.  Dur- 
ing the  time  the  Sir  Knights  and  mourners  are  passinlg  out 
and  the  coffin  is  being  placed  in  the  hearse,  the  audience  re- 
maining seated,  the  following  chanted  by  the  choir  would  be 
exceedingly  appropriate :] 

CHANT. 

"Remember  now  thy  Creator  in  the  days  of  thy  youth,  while 
the  evil  days  come  not,  nor  the  years  draw  nigh  when  thou 
shalt  say,  I  have  no  pleasure  in  them ;  while  the  sun,  or  the 
light,  or  the  moon,  or  the  stars  be  not  darkened,  nor  the  clouds 
return  after  the  rain ;  in  the  day  when  the  keepers  of  the 
house  shall  tremble,  and  the  strong  men  shall  bow  them- 
selves, and  the  grinders  cease,  because  they  are  few,  and 
those  that  look  out  off  the  windows  be  darkened,  and  the 
doors  shall  be  shut  in  the  streets,  when  the  sound  of  the 
grinding  is  low,  and  he  shall  rise  up  at  the  voice  of  the  bird, 
and  all  the  daughters  of  music  shall  be  brought  low ;  also, 
when  they  shall  be  afraid  of  that  which  is  high,  and  fears 


GRAND    ENCAMPMENT    K.    T.  117 

shall  be  in  the  way,  and  the  almond-tree  shall  nourish,  and 
the  grasshopper  shall  be  a  burden,  and  desire  shall  fail ;  be- 
cause man  goeth  to  his  long  home,  and  the  mourners  go 
about  the  streets ;  or  ever  the  silver  cord  be  loosed,  or  the 
golden  bowl  be  broken,  or  the  pitcher  be  broken  at  the  foun- 
tain, or  the  wheel  broken  at  the  cistern.  Then  shall  the  dust 
return  to  the  earth  as  it  was,  and  the  spirit  shall  return  unto 
God  who  gave  it."   Eccl.  12  :  1-7. 

[After  arriving  at  the  grave,  and  the  lines  are  formed 
and  the  mourners  and  friends  have  taken  their  places  at  the 
foot  of  the  grave,  with  the  Eminent  Commander  and  Prelate 
at  the  head  and  the  bearers  on  either  side,  the  Junior  JVarden 
then  removes  the  sword  and  hat  from  the  coffin,  which  last 
will  then  be  loiuered  into  the  grave.  The  Prelate  repeats  as 
folloivs:} 

Prelate.  "I  am  the  resurrection  and  the  life.  He  that 
believeth  in  me,  though  he  were  dead,  yet  shall  he  live ;  and 
whosoever  liveth  and  believeth  in  me  shall  never  die."  To 
the  earth  we  commit  the  mortal  remains  of  our  deceased 
brother,  as  we  'have  already  commended  his  soul  to  his  Crea- 
tor, with  humble  submission  to  Divine  Providence.  {Here 
cast  some  earth  on  the  coffin.)  Earth  to  earth  (here  cast 
again),  ashes  to  ashes  (here  cast  more  earth),  dust  to  dust, 
till  the  morn  of  the  resurrection ;  when,  like  our  arisen  and 
ascended  Redeemer,  he  will  break  the  bonds  oif  death,  and 
abide  the  judgment  of  the  great  day.  Till  then,  friend,  bro- 
ther, Sir  Knight,  farewell !  Light  be  the  ashes  upon  thee, 
and  "may  the  sunshine  of  heaven  beam  bright  on  thy  wak- 
ing!" 

Response.     Amen,  and  Aimen  and  Amen ! 

Sir  Knight  Companions,  let  us  pray : 

Almighty  and  most  merciful  God!  as  it  hath  pleased  Thee 
to  take  from  our  ranks  one  dear  to  our  hearts,  we  beseech 
Thee  to  bless  and  sanctify  unto  us  this  dispensation  of  Thy 
providence.  Inspire  our  hearts  with  wisdom  from  on  high, 
that  we  may  glorify  Thee  in  all  our  ways.  May  we  have 
Thy  divine  assistance,  O  most  merciful  God!  to  redeem  our 


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misspent  time ;  and  in  the  discharge  of  the  important  duties 
Thou  hast  assigned  us  may  we  be  guided  by  faith  and  humil- 
ty,  courage  and  constancy,  to  perform  our  allotted  pilgrimage 
acceptably  in  Thy  sight,  without  asking  a  remission  of  years 
from  Thee.  And  when  our  career  on  earth  is  finished,  and 
the  sepulchre  appointed  for  all  the  living  receives  our  mortal 
bodies,  may  our  souls,  disengaged  from  their  cumbrous  dust, 
enjoy  that  rest  which  Thou  hast  prepared  If  or  Thy  good  and 
faithful  servants  in  Thy  blessed  Asylum  above. 

Our  Father,  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed  be  Thy  name. 
Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy  will  be  done  on  earth  as  it  is  in 
heaven.  Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread,  and  forgive  us 
our  trespasses  as  we  forgive  those  who  trespass  against  us ; 
and  lead  us  not  into  temptation,  but  deliver  us  from  evil,  for 
Thine  is  the  kingdom,  and  the  power,  and  the  glory  forever 
and  ever.    Amen. 

[Or  the  Lord's  Prayer  only  may  be  used.] 

Attention,  Sir  Knights! 

BENEDICTION. 

May  the  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the  love  of  God, 
and  the  fellowship  of  the  Holy  Ghost  be  and  abide  with  us 
all  evermore.     Amen. 

[The  services  being  concluded,  the  Commandery  is  formed 
in  column  and  marches  to  the  entrance  of  the  cemetery  in 
silence,  or  at  the  tap  of  the  drum.] 


STATUTES 


Grand  Commandery  of  Illinois 
Knights  Templar 


TOGETHER   WITH 

ACT  OF  INCORPORATION,  FORMS  AND 

ADVISORY  BY-LAWS 

FOR  SUBORDINATE  COMMANDERIES 

AS  REVISED  AND  ADOPTED  AT 

THE  ANNUAL  CONCLAVE 

OCTOBER  24,  1911 


STATUTES 

OF  THE 

GRAND  COMMANDERY  OF  ILLINOIS 

ADOPTED  1911 


GRAND  COMMANDERY 

Sec.  400.  Official  Title.— The  title  of  this  body  is  "The 
Grand  Commandery  of  Knights  Templar  of  Illinois." 

Sec.  401.  Annual  Conclave. — This  Grand  Commandery 
shall  assemble  in  the  city  of  Chicago  on  the  fourth  Tuesday 
in  October  of  each  year,  for  the  election  of  officers,  to  hear 
official  reports  of  the  Officers  and  of  the  Subordinate  Com- 
manderies,  and  for  the  transaction  of  such  business  as  the  wel- 
fare of  the  Order  may  demand :  Provided,  however,  that  the 
Grand  Commandery  may  meet  in  Annual  Conclave  at  such 
time  or  place  in  the  state  of  Illinois,  as  it  may  from  time  to  time 
determine  by  a  majority  vote  at  the  preceding  Annual  Con- 
clave. (As  amended :  Proc.  Gd.  Commandery,  1901,  pages 
104,   105.) 

The  Grand  Commandery  shall  be  opened  in  ample  form  at 
the  time  appointed  for  each  Conclave,  immediately  after 
which  the  proceedings  of  the  last  session  shall  be  read,  unless 
dispensed  with,  and  at  the  resumption  of  business,  at  each 
successive  sitting,  the  minutes  shall  in  like  manner  be  read. 

While  sitting  in  Annual  Conclave  the  members  shall  be  uni- 
formed as  follows :  With  Templar  Coat,  Fatigue  Cap,  and 
the  appropriate  insignia  of  rank.  (For  special  Conclave  see 
Sec.  61.) 

Sec.  402.  Represented  by  Proxy. — The  Commander,  Gen- 
eralissimo, and  Captain-General,  for  the  time  being,  of  all  sub- 
ordinate Commanderies  under  this  jurisdiction,  being  unable 


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to  attend  the  Grand  Conclave  in  person,  shall  have  the  power 
to  appoint  a  proxy  over  his  own  signature,  who  shall  be  en- 
titled to  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of  his  constituent,  at  such 
Grand  Conclave. 

Sec.  403.  Certificate  of  Appointment — Such  proxy  must, 
at  the  time  of  his  service,  be  a  member  of  the  same  subordinate 
Commandery  as  his  principal,  and  must  produce  a  properly  au- 
thenticated certificate  of  his  appointment. 

Sec.  404.  Standing  Committees. — The  following  stand- 
ing- Committees  shall  consist  of  three  members  of  the  Grand 
Commandery  each,  except  the  Committee  on  Jurisprudence 
which  shall  consist  of  five  members,  and  the  Committee  on 
Correspondence  of  one  member. 

i.  Committee  on  Jurisprudence. 

2.  Committee  on  Finance. 

3.  Committee  on  Mileage  and  Per  Diem. 

4.  Committee  on  Templar  Dead. 

5.  Committee  on  Correspondence. 

6.  Committee  on  Credentials. 

7.  Committee  on  Grand  Commander's  Address. 

8.  Committee  on  Charters  and  Dispensations. 

9.  Committee  on  Grievances  and  Offenses. 
10.  Committee  on  Printing. 

The  first  five  of  the  Committees  above  named  shall  be  ap- 
pointed by  the  Grand  Commander  immediately  after  his 
installation  to  act  during  the  recess  and  at  the  succeeding  Con- 
clave. The  next  four  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Grand  Com- 
mander prior  to  the  succeeding  annual  Conclave.  The  Grand 
Commander,  the  Grand  Treasurer  and  the  Grand  Recorder 
shall  be  ex-officio  a  Committee  on  Printing. 

Sec.  405.  Duties  of  Standing  Committees. — The  standing 
Committees  of  the  Grand  Commandery  shall  perform  and  dis- 
charge the  following  specific  duties,  to-wit : 

The  Committee  on  Templar  Jurisprudence  shall  examine  all 
propositions  to  revise,  alter  or  amend  Templar  laws,  By-laws 


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and  general  regulations  as  well  as  all  questions  of  Templar  law 
and  usage. 

Sec.  406.  It  is  the  duty  of  the  Committee  on  Finance 
carefully  to  examine  all  claims  for  allowances  and  propositions 
for  appropriations  presented  to  the  Grand  Commandery;  to 
examine  the  accounts  and  reports  of  the  Grand  Treasurer  and 
Grand  Recorder;  to  investigate,  consider  and  make  recom- 
mendations upon  all  matters  referred  to  it  affecting  or  relating 
to  the  finances  of  the  Grand  Commandery;  to  have  general 
over-sight  of  all  matters  affecting  such  finances  and  to  make 
such  recommendations  from  time  to  time  thereon  as  to  such 
Committee  shall  seem  appropriate  and  beneficial. 

Sec.  407.  The  Committee  on  Mileage  and  Per  Diem 
shall  compute  and  report  the  amount  of  per  diem  and  mileage 
due  the  several  officers  and  members  of  the  Annual  Conclave 
of  the  Grand  Commandery,  and  recommend  the  drawing  of 
warrants  on  the  Grand  Treasurer  for  the  several  sums  due  for 
mileage  and  per  diem. 

Sec.  408.  The  Committee  on  Templar  Dead  shall  report 
the  names  of  all  Templars  of  this  Grand  Jurisdiction,  also 
the  names  of  Grand  Officers  and  Past  Grand  Officers  of  other 
Grand  Jurisdictions,  deceased  during  the  year,  with  appro- 
priate memorials  thereon. 

Sec.  409.  The  Committee  on  Correspondence  shall  have 
charge  of  so  much  of  the  Grand  Commander's  Address  as  re- 
lates to  matters  of  correspondence.  The  Committee  shall  re- 
view the  printed  proceedings  of  such  other  Grand  Templar 
Bodies  as  may  be  transmitted  to  him  and  report  the  same  to 
the  Grand  Commandery  at  the  Annual  Conclave. 

Sec.  410.  The  Committee  on  Credentials  shall  report  the 
name  of  each  representative  and  proxy  present,  with  the  name 
and  number  of  the  Commandery  he  represents,  together  with 
the  names  of  all  Past  Commanders,  giving  the  names  and 
number  of  their  respective  Commanderies,  the  names  of  all 


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Past  Grand  Commanders,  and  the  names  of  all  Grand  Repre- 
sentatives in  attendance. 

Sec.  41 L  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Committee  on  Grand 
Commander's  Address  to  recommend  the  reference  of  the  va- 
rious subjects  embraced  therein  to  the  appropriate  committee 
for  its  consideration. 

Sec.  412.  The  Committee  on  Grievances  and  Offences 
shall  critically  examine  all  cases  of  complaint  or  grievance 
submitted  to  it,  and  report  thereon  to  the  Grand  Command- 
ery  for  its  action. 

Sec.  413.  The* Committee  on  Charters  and  Dispensations 
shall  examine  the  reports  and  returns  from  the  Commanderies, 
noting  particularly  the  nature  and  progress  of  their  work.  It 
shall  report  upon  all  applications  to  the  Grand  Commandery 
for  dispensations  or  charters,  and  for  the  restoration  of  dispen- 
sations or  charters  which  may  have  beeen  arrested.  It  shall  also 
report  on  all  matters  referred  to  it  relating  to  the  general 
subject  of  charters  and  dispensations. 

Sec.  414.  The  Committee  on  Printing  shall  supervise  the 
printing  of  the  Grand  Commandery  and  let  the  same  to  re- 
sponsible bidders. 

The  Grand  Commandery  may  refer  to  such  Committees  all 
other  matters  it  may  deem  proper  and  they  shall  make  due 
report  thereon. 

Sec.  415.  Who  Paid  Mileage  and  Per  Diem. — Each  Grand 
Officer,  together  with  one  Representative,  the  highest 
in  rank  of  each  Subordinate  Commandery,  together  with  each 
Past  Grand  Commander  in  actual  attendance  and  residing 
within  this  Grand  Jurisdiction,  and  the  members  of  the  sev- 
eral committees  not  otherwise  compensated,  shall  be  paid  out 
of  the  funds  of  the  Grand  Treasury,  two  dollars  for  each  day's 
attendance  on  the  sessions  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  and  the 
further  sum  of  three  and  one-half  (3  1-2)  cents  for  each  and 
every  mile  traveled  going  to  and  returning  from  the  Annual 


Grand  Commandery  of  Illinois.  7 

Conclaves  of  this  Grand  Commandery;  the  distance  to  be  com- 
puted by  the  nearest  traveled  route  from  the  Commandery  of 
which  he  is  a  member. —  (As  amended:  Proc.  Gd.  Command- 
ery, 1900,  pp.  83,  84.) 

No  individual  member  .of  the  Grand  Commandery,  repre- 
sentative or  proxy  shall  receive  more  than  one  allowance  of 
mileage  and  per  diem. 

Sec.  416.  Revenue,  Fees,  and  Dues. — The  revenues  of  this 
Grand  Commandery  shall  be  derived  from  the  following 
sources : 

For  every  Dispensation  to  form  and  open  a  new 
Commandery,  which  shall  be  accounted  in  full 
for  a  Charter,  if  afterward  granted $100  00 

For  every  Companion  created  a  Knight  Templar 

in  a  Commandery  in  this  jurisdiction 2  00 

Each  Commandery  shall  pay  annually  for  each  of 
its  members,  except  those  created  during  the 
year 75 

Sec.  417.  Proposed  Appropriations. — All  propositions  to 
appropriate  funds  of  this  Grand  Commandery  must  either  em- 
anate from  or  be  referred  to  one  of  its  committees. 

Sec.  418.  Commandery  Dues  Not  Paid.' — No  Representa- 
tive of  a  Commandery  shall  be  entitled  to  mileage  and  per 
diem  unless  the  dues  of  his  Commandery  were  paid  at  least 
fifteen  days  before  the  Annual  Conclave  of  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery. 

Sec.  419.  Prerogatives  of  Grand  Commander. — The  Grand 
Commander  shall  attend  and  preside  over  all  Conclaves  of  the 
Grand  Commandery. 

Sec.  420.  Summon  Accounting  Officers. — He  may  summon 
before  him  any  Officer  or  Committee  of  this  Grand  Command- 
ery, with  their  books  and  accounts,  and  audit  and  examine  the 
same  whenever  he  shall  deem  it  necessary. 


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Sec.  421.  Powers  During  Recess. — During  the  recess  he 
exercises  all  the  executive  powers  of  the  body,  and  he  shall 
report  his  action,  in  full  thereon,  to  the  next  Annual  Con- 
clave of  the  Grand  Commandery  for  its  final  action. 

Sec.  422.  Patent  to  Representatives. — He  may  issue  pat- 
ents to  Representatives  of  this  Grand  Commandery  near  the 
East  of  other  Grand  Commanderies,  naming  therein  the  rank 
of  Past  Grand  Generalissimo  as  that  under  which  such  Repre- 
sentative shall  be  received  and  recognized.  Provided,  that  all 
such  patents  shall  expire  with  the  date  of  the  Triennial  session 
of  the  Grand  Encampment  following  the  date  of  said  Patents. 

Sec.  423.  Attendance  on  Grand  Encampment. — It  is  the 
duty  of  the  Grand  Commander,  Deputy  Grand  Commander, 
Grand  Generalissimo,  and  Grand  Captain-General,  either  in 
person  or  by  proxy,  to  attend  all  Conclaves  of  the  Grand  En- 
campment. 

Sec  424.  Succession  by  Seniority. — In  the  event  of  the 
absence,  death  or  disability  of  the  first  four  officers  of  this 
body,  the  Past  Grand  Commanders,  in  the  order  of  senior- 
ity of  service,  shall  assume  the  office  and  discharge  the  duties 
of  Grand  Commander. 

Sec.  425.  Grand  Treasurer. — The  Grand  Treasurer  shall 
keep  accurate  accounts  of  all  receipts  and  expenditures  pass- 
ing through  his  hands,  carefully  number  and  file  his  vouchers, 
and  annually  (unless  oftener  required)  make,  in  writing,  a 
full  statement  of  the  same,  together  with  the  balance  (if  any) 
remaining  in  his  hands,  submitting  at  the  same  time  his  books 
and  vouchers  for  the  examination  of  the  Grand  Commandery, 
through  its  Committee  on  Finance.     (Sec.  78.) 

At  the  installation  of  his  successor  in  office  he  shall  de- 
liver all  books,  papers,  vouchers,  and  other  property  of  the 
Grand  Commandery,  which  may  be  in  his  custody  to  such 
successor. 

Sec.  426.  Grand  Recorder. — The  Grand  Recorder  shall 
attend  all  Conclaves  of  the  Grand  Commandery;  he  shall  re- 


Grand  Commandery  of  Illinois.  9 

cord  the  Proceedings  of  the  Grand  Commandery;  and  all 
Charters  and  Dispensations  issued  by  its  authority,  in  books 
kept  for  that  purpose.    (Sees.  79,  80,  81,  82,  83.) 

He  shall  collect  the  revenue  of  this  Grand  Commandery, 
and  pay  the  same  promptly  to  the  Grand  Treasurer,  taking 
his  receipt  therefor. 

He  shall  receive  and  examine  the  returns  of  Subordinate 
Commanderies,  and  make  settlements  with  their  Representa- 
tives. 

He  shall  at  each  Annual  Conclave  make  a  full  report  of 
his  accounts,  and  also  of  the  failure  of  any  Subordinate  Com- 
mandery to  make  returns  or  pay  their  dues ;  and  also  report 
any  business  left  unfinished  at  the  last  Annual  Conclave. 

He  shall  keep  the  seal  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  and  af- 
fix it  to  all  documents  which  may  require  it;  he  shall  observe 
and  execute  such  orders  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  issued 
to  him  by  the  Grand  Commander,  and  deliver  to  his  successor 
in  office  all  the  books  and  other  property  of  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery in  his  possession. 

He  shall  also  furnish  annually  to  each  subordinate  Com- 
mandery in  this  Jurisdiction  four  copies  of  the  printed  Pro- 
ceedings of  this  Grand  Commandery — one  each  for  the  use  of 
the  Eminent  Commander,  Generalissimo,  and  Captain-General, 
and  the  fourth  bound  in  cloth,  to  be  the  property  of  the  Com- 
mandery, with  the  name  and  number  printed  thereon. 

He  shall  procure  a  jewel  for  each  Past  Grand  Com- 
mander, with  suitable  devices  and  inscriptions. 

Sec.  427.  The  Grand  Recorder  shall  keep  in  books  pro- 
vided for  that  purpose,  a  copy  of  the  Coats  of  Arms  and  Seals 
of  each  Commandery  in  Illinois. 

(Form  of  Bond  adopted  Proc.  1910,  p.  101.) 

Sec.  428.  Annual  Compensation. — The  Grand  Recorder 
shall  receive  for  his  services  Two  Thousand  Five  Hundred 
Dollars  per  annum,  in  quarterly  payments. 


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Sec.  429.  Other  Grand  Officers. — The  remaining  officers 
shall  perform  such  duties  as  are  traditionally  appropriate  to 
their  several  stations,  or  as  may  be  assigned  to  them  by  the 
Grand  Commander  or  the  Grand  Commandery. 

Sec.  430.  Chartered  Commandery,  Powers. — A  chartered 
Commandery  has  power  to  decide  for  itself,  who  shall  be  ad- 
mitted to  its  membership  by  admission  or  affiliation;  to  con- 
fer the  Orders  of  Knighthood  in  accordance  with  the  usages 
of  the  Order  and  the  Regulations  of  this  Grand  Commandery; 
to  exercise  original  jurisdiction  in  the  trial  and  discipline  of 
all  its  members  (save  the  Commander)  and  all  non-affiliated 
Sir  Knights  and  members  of  Commanderies  U.D.  within  its 
jurisdiction ;  to  provide  for  its  current  and  necessary  expenses 
by  an  assessment  upon  its  members,  payable  annually  or  oth- 
erwise, and  in  case  of  default  in  the  amount  needed  to  defray 
its  necessary  expenses,  to  impose  a  special  tax  for  the  pur- 
pose; to  affiliate  Knights  created  in  other  Commanderies;  to 
grant  dimits  to  its  members,  to  be  represented  in  the  Grand 
Commandery,  and  to  instruct  its  representatives  therein;  and 
generally,  to  transact  its  business  and  regulate  its  private  af- 
fairs, due  regard  being  had  for  the  By-Laws  and  the  Statutes 
of  the  Grand  Commandery. 

Sec.  431.  Annual  Election.— The  first  eight  officers  of  a 
Commandery,  together  with  five  trustees,  shall  be  elected  an- 
■  .  nually  at  the  first  Stated  Conclave  in  June,  by  depositing  in- 
dividual ballots  for  each,  but  said  Trustees  may  be  elected 
collectively.  (As  Amended:  Proc.  Gd.  Commandery,  1900,  p. 
86.)  Such  officers  so  elected  shall  be  installed  at  the  same 
conclave  or  at  some  conclave  within  one  month  next  succeed- 
ing their  election. 

Sec.  432.  Have  a  Seal.— Every  Commandery  shall  have  a 
seal,  giving  the  name  and  number  thereof,  an  impression  of 
which  shall  be  deposited  with  the  Grand  Recorder. 

Sec.  433.  Coat  of  Arms. — Every  Commandery  in  this  Ju- 
risdiction that  has  adopted  a  Coat  of  Arms,  shall  file  a  copy  of 
the  same  with  the  Grand  Recorder. 


Grand  Commandery  of  Illinois.  1.1 

Sec.  434.  Majority  Vote  Determine  Assessment. — A  major- 
ity vote  at  a  Stated  Conclave  may  determine  the  propriety  of 
an  assessment  and  the  amount  thereof.  An  assessment  for 
social  entertainment  or  for  expenses  incident  to  a  pilgrimage, 
cannot  be  enforced  against  one  not  participating  therein. 

Sec.  435.  When  Minutes  Become  Records. — After  the 
minutes  of  a  Conclave  have  been  read,  corrected  and  ap- 
proved they  become  records,  and  cannot  be  altered.     Sec.  194. 

Sec.  436.  Territorial  Jurisdiction  Ascertained. — The  ju- 
risdiction of  a  Commandery  extends  to  a  point  half  way  to  the 
nearest  Commandery  in  every  direction  in  this  Grand  Juris- 
diction. Provided  that  the  Grand  Commandery  may  extend 
concurrent  jurisdiction  to  two  or  more  Commanderies, 
over  any  definitely  bounded  territory,  upon  good  cause  be- 
ing shown,  and  when  it  shall  appear  that  the  interests  of  the 
Order  may  thereby  be  advanced. 

Sec.  437.  Cities  with  Two  or  More. — Two  or  more  Com- 
manderies in  the  same  town  or  city  have  concurrent  juris- 
diction. 

By  concurrent  jurisdiction  is  meant  that  the  territorial  ju- 
risdiction exercised  by  one  Commandery  is  the  common  prop- 
erty of  all,  and  the  jurisdiction  of  all  extends  half  way  from 
the  Commandery  nearest  the  extreme  limit  of  the  city  or  town 
to  the  nearest  Commandery  outside  said  jurisdiction.  And 
any  one  of  these  Commanderies  may  receive  the  petition  of 
any  duly  qualified  Royal  Arch  Mason  within  said  jurisdiction, 
and  act  thereon,  but  waiver  of  jurisdiction  must  be  obtained 
from  all  the  Commanderies  holding  concurrent  jurisdiction. 
(As  amended:    Proc.  Gd.  Commandery,  1899,  p.  90.) 

Sec.  438.  Waiver,  How  Granted. — Waiver  of  personal  or 
territorial  jurisdiction  by  a  Commandery  over  its  material  or 
over  a  rejected  candidate,  can  only  be  granted  by  a  unanimous 
secret  ballot,  upon  application  of  another  Commandery,  which 
application  shall  be  presented  at  a  stated  Conclave  and  lie 
over  until  the  next  Conclave  before  action  thereon. 


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Sec.  439.  Communications  in  Envelopes. — All  communica- 
tions between  a  Commandery  and  its  members,  or  other  offi- 
cial correspondence,  shall  be  enclosed  in  envelopes.  Postal 
cards  may  be  used  only  for  the  purpose  of  notifying  members 
of  stated  or  special  Conclaves. 

Sec.  440.  Public  Exhibitions,  Templar  Drill. — Public  exhi- 
bitions of  Templar  Drill  for  gate  money  or  competitive  drill- 
ing with  bodies  of  men  not  Knights  Templar,  by  Com- 
manderies  in  this  jurisdiction,  are  absolutely  prohibited. 

Sec.  441.  Inside  Organization. — The  formation  of  any 
separate  organization,  whether  incorporated  or  otherwise, 
within  the  membership  of  any  Subordinate  Commandery  of 
this  jurisdiction,  is  prohibited. 

Sec.  442.  By-Laws,  Approval. — The  Subordinate  Com- 
manderies  for  this  Grand  Jurisdiction,  shall  adopt  By-Laws 
for  their  own  government,  not  inconsistent  with  the  Statutes 
and  Regulations  of  this  Grand  Commandery,  and  the  Consti- 
tution and  Code  of-  Statutes  of  the  Grand  Encampment  of  the 
United  States,  subject,  however,  to  approval  as  provided  by 
Section  125  Grand  Encampment  Statutes. 

Sec.  443.  Changing  Place  of  Meeting. — No  chartered 
Commandery  shall  remove  its  place  of  meeting  from  the  city, 
town  or  village  named  in  its  charter,  unless  authorized  so  to  do 
by  this  Grand  Commandery,  and  no  Commandery  under  dis- 
pensation shall  make  such  removal  except  by  special  permis- 
sion from  the  Grand  Commander.     (Sec.  159.) 

No  such  authority  for  removal  shall  be  granted  except 
upon  a  written  petition  concurred  in  by  a  majority  vote  of  the 
members  present  at  a  Stated  Conclave;  of  which  Conclave, 
and  the  proposition  for  removal,  all  resident  members  shall 
have  previous  notice,  and  such  removal  shall  be  consented  to 
by  the  Commandery  or  Commanderies  whose  jurisdiction  may 
be  affected  thereby. 

Sec.  444.  Returns  From  Commanderies. — Every  Com- 
mandery under  the  jurisdiction  of  this   Grand   Commandery 


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shall  make  out  and  return  to  the  Grand  Recorder,  a  statement 
showing  all  the  work  done — admissions,  dimissions,  deaths, 
expulsions,  suspensions,  reinstatements,  etc.,  from  the  first 
day  of  June  to  the  thirty-first  day  of  May  inclusive. 

Said  report  shall  be  made  out  and  forwarded  with  the 
amount  of  Grand  Commandery  dues  to  the  Grand  Recorder 
not  later  than  fifteen  days  before  the  time  set  for  the  Annual 
Conclave  of  this  Grand  Commandery. 

Sec.  445.  Preside  at  Meetings. — It  is  the  duty  of  the  Com- 
mander to  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  Commandery,  and  he 
is  responsible  for  the  proper  conduct  of  its  affairs. 

Sec.  446.  Returns. — The  Commander  shall  see  that  re- 
turns of  election  of  officers  are  made  to  the  Grand  Com- 
mander, the  Grand  Recorder,  and  the  Grand  Officer  in  charge 
of  the  district  in  which  said  Commandery  may  be  located. 

Sec.  447.  Absent  or  Disabled. — In  the  event  of  the  ab- 
sence, death,  or  disability  of  the  first  three  officers  of  the  Com- 
mandery, the  Past  Commanders,  in  order  of  seniority  of 
service,  shall  assume  the  office  and  discharge  the  duties  of 
Commander. 

Sec.  448.  Other  Officers. — The  duties  of  the  remaining 
officers  are  such  as  are  traditionally  appropriate  to  their  sev- 
eral stations,  or  as  may  be  more  specifically  set  forth  in  regu- 
lations to  that  effect. 

Sec.  449.  Officers'  Bonds. — A  Commandery  may  provide 
by  resolution  that  the  Treasurer  and  Recorder  shall  give  bonds 
for  the  faithful  performance  of  their  duties. 

Sec.  450.  Commandery  Correspondence. — It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Recorder  to  present  to  the  Commandery  at  the  first 
stated  Conclave  next  following,  all  communications  that  may 
come  into  his  hands,  addressed  to  the  Commandery. 

Sec.  451.  Grand  Commander  Orders  Read. — The  orders  of 
the  Right  Eminent  Grand   Commander  shall  be  read  by  the 


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Recorder,  under  the  direction  of  the  Eminent  Commander,  the 
lines  being  properly  formed  for  that  purpose. 

Sec.  452.  Cities  With  Two  Commanderies. — In  any  city 
where  there  is  more  than  one  Commandery,  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Recorder  of  each  Commandery  to  give  notice  in  writ- 
ing to  all  other  Commanderies,  situated  in  such  city,  of  the 
reception  of  all  petitions  for  Orders,  before  ballot  thereon,  stat- 
ing the  name,  occupation,  and  place  of  residence  of  the  peti- 
tioner. 

Sec.  453.  Newspaper  Notices. — Notice  of  Conclaves  pub- 
lished in  newspapers  or  given  by  postal  card  shall  not  recite 
the  Orders  to  be  conferred,  but  shall  simply  and  only  note 
business  or  work. 

See.  454.  Sunday  Conclave. — No  Commandery  in  this 
jurisdiction  shall  be  permitted  to  hold  a  conclave  on  Sunday, 
except  for  the  purpose  of  attending  funerals  or  divine  wor- 
ship. 

Sec.  455.  Knightly  Emblems  for  Business. — All  Sir 
Knights  are  forbidden  the  use  of  the  fac-similes  of  Banners, 
Crests,  name  or  number  of  Commanderies,  or  other  emblems 
of  Masonic  Knighthood,  for  business  purposes. 

Sec.  456.  The  wearing  of  jewels,  coat  of  arms,  badges  of 
any  body  of  Masons,  or  of  any  other  bodies  other  than  the 
Commandery  to  which  any  Sir  Knight  belongs,  is  prohibited 
in  any  public  display  of  the  Order. 

Sec.  457.  New  Commanderies. — A  dispensation  shall  not 
be  granted  for  any  new  Commandery,  unless  there  are  two  or 
more  Royal  Arch  Chapters  in  the  proposed  Jurisdiction,  nor 
unless  the  three  officers  named  in  the  Dispensation  shall  be 
qualified  to  confer  the  Orders. 

Sec.  458.     Consent  Required. — But  no    Dispensation    shall 
be  issued  without  the  consent  of  all  Commanderies  whose  jur- 
isdiction shall  be  thereby  curtailed,  and  if  the  new  Command- 
erv  is  to  be  stationed  in  a  citv  where  there  is  more  than  one 


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Commandery,  all  of  those  located  in  such  city  must  recommend 
the  petition.     (Sees.  72,  73.) 

Sec.  459.  Application  for  Consent. — All  applications  for 
recommendations  for  dispensations  to  form  new  Command- 
eries,  shall  be  received  at  a  Stated  Conclave,  made  a  matter  of 
record,  and  lie  over  until  the  next  Stated  Conclave,  and  all 
resident  members  of  Commanderies  interested  must  be  noti- 
fied of  such  proposed  action. 

Sec.  460.  Recommendation  Unconditional. — The  Grand 
Commandery  will  not  recognize  any  agreement  between  a 
chartered  Commandery  and  a  proposed  Commandery  as  to  di- 
vision of  territory.  The  recommendation  to  form  a  new  Com- 
mandery must  be  unconditional. 

Sec.  461.  Names  in  Charter. — No  names  shall  be  inserted, 
as  members,  in  the  Charter  of  a  new  Commandery,  except  the 
names  of  petitioners  and  those  receiving  the  Orders  therein. 

Sec.  462.  The  officers  of  a  Commandery  U.D.  cannot  be 
elected  or  installed,  and  it  cannot  be  represented  in  the  Grand 
Commandery :  neither  can  it  discipline  its  members,  admit 
members  by  affiliation,  nor  adopt  by-laws. 

Sec.  463.  Naming-  After  Living  Person. — No  Commandery 
hereafter  chartered  shall  be  named  after  a  living  person. 

Sec.  464.  Read  in  Commandery. — All  petitions  for  the  Or- 
ders of  Knighthood  shall  be  presented  and  read  in  open  Com- 
mandery, at  the  Stated  Conclave  when  they  are  received,  and 
the  statement  of  facts  contained  in  *he  petition  shall  be  en- 
tered in  the  records  of  the  Comman^.ry. 

Sec.  465.  Ballot  on  Each  Petition. — A  separate  ballot 
shall  be  taken  on  each  petition  for  the  Orders.  At  the  Con- 
clave when  ballot  is  taken,  the  petition  shall  be  again  read  in 
open  Commandery,  prior  to  the  spreading  of  the  ballot.  Should 
a  petition  for  the  Orders  be  lost  or  destroyed  after  its  recep- 
tion by  the  Commandery,  no  ballot  shall  be  had  on  such  peti- 
tion, until  a  duplicate  petition,  duly  signed  by  the  petitioner. 


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is  obtained ;  but  such  duplicate  petition  need  not  lie  over  for 
final  action  beyond  the  requisite  time  following  reception  of 
original  petition. 

Sec.  466.  A  petitioner  for  the  Orders,  if  rejected,  shall 
not  be  entitled  to  any  information  save  that  he  is  rejected; 
and  any  Sir  Knight  who  shall  communicate  to  him  any  in- 
formation, as  to  who  were  present,  or  who  advocated  or  op- 
posed his  admission,  shall  be  subject  to  charges  and  upon 
conviction  may  be  expelled  from  the  Order. 

Sec.  467.  Fees  for  Orders,  Who  Eligible. — No  Command- 
ery  shall  confer  the  Orders  of  Knighthood  for  a  less  sum  than 
forty  dollars,  and  no  Commandery  located  in  the  City  of  Chi- 
cago, for  a  less  sum  than  seventy-five  dollars. 

Sec.  468.  No  candidate  may  sign  the  By-Laws  or  become 
a  member  of  the  Commandery  who  has  not  lawfully  received 
the  Orders  of  the  Red  Cross,  Knight  Templar  and  Knight  of 
Malta. 

Sec.  469.  Red  Cross. — No  Commandery  in  this  Jurisdiction 
while  conferring  the  Order  of  the  Red  Cross,  shall  permit  the 
journey  to  be  performed  by  more  than  one  candidate  at  one 
and  the  same  time. 

Sec.  470.  Petition  Rejected,  Renewal. — Any  unaffiliated 
Knight  Templar  who  has  petitioned  for  membership,  and 
whose  petition  has  been  rejected,  may  renew  the  said  petition 
to  the  same  or  any  other  Commandery  at  any  subsequent 
Stated  Conclave. 

Sec.  471.  Discipline. — Offenses  Against  the  Order. — Viola- 
tion of  the  laws  of  God,  the  laws  of  the  land,  the  laws  of 
morality,  willful  violation  of  the  Statutes  and  Regulations  of 
the  Grand  Commandery,  or  the  By-Laws  of  the  Commandery 
are  offenses  against  this  Order,  and  subject  the  offender,  af- 
ter due  trial  according  to  the  forms  provided  by  the  Grand 
Encampment,  which  are  hereby  declared  mandatory,  to  such 
punishment  as  the  degree  of  his  offense  may  warrant. 


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Sec.  472.  Non-Payment  of  Dues,  Trial. — The  formalities  of 
written  charges  may  be  dispensed  with,  and  proceedings  as 
described  herewith  shall  be  deemed  due  notice  and  fair  trial 
for  the  offense  of  non-payment  of  dues.  Any  Sir  Knight 
who  may  be  in  arrears  to  a  Commandery,  according  to  the 
provision  of  its  By-Laws,  shall  be  notified  thereof,  in  writing, 
by  the  Recorder,  with  a  request  for  the  payment  of  the  same, 
at  or  before  some  subsequent  Conclave  of  the  Commandery; 
and  if  said  Sir  Knight  neglect  or  refuse  to  make  answer  to 
such  notice,  at  or  before  the  time  designated  therein,  he  shall 
be  notified  in  person,  if  possible,  to  appear  at  such  subsequent 
Stated  Conclave  as  may  be  deemed  proper,  and  show  cause 
why  he  should  not  be  suspended  for  non-payment  of  dues. 
If  his  whereabouts  be  unknown,  a  written  notice  shall  be  ad- 
dressed to  him  at  his  last  known  place  of  residence.  This 
shall  be  deemed  due  notice,  and  the  Commandery  may  pro- 
ceed without  his  presence.  When  any  Sir  Knight  shall  refuse 
or  neglect  to  answer  the  notices  prescribed  above,  his  delin- 
quency may  be  communicated  to  the  Commandery  at  any 
Stated  Conclave  thereof,  which  facts,  together  with  the  Com- 
mandery records  showing  his  indebtedness,  shall  be  deemed 
ample  proof  of  the  delinquency.  If  the  Sir  Knight  be  pres- 
ent, he  shall  be  entitled  to  such  pleas  as  he  may  deem  proper, 
after  which  he  shall  retire,  and  upon  such  evidence  a  vote  may 
be  taken  upon  a  motion  to  suspend  the  delinquent  member 
indefinitely.  A  vote  of  the  majority  of  the  members  present 
at  a  Stated  Conclave  shall  be  necessary  to  fix  such  penalty. 
This  shall  be  deemed  fair  trial.  No  dues  shall  accrue  against 
a  Sir  Knight  during  the  term  of  his  suspension,  either  from 
Lodge,  Chapter,  or  Commandery. 

Sec.  473.  Remission  of  Dues,  When. — The  Commandery 
has  the  right  to  remit  the  accrued  dues  of  any  worthy  mem- 
ber, when  his  means  will  not  permit  him  to  contribute  to  its 
support. 

Sec.  474.  Commandery  Inspection  Districts. — The  Subordi- 
nate Commanderies  comprising  the  Grand  Jurisdiction  of  the 


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Grand  Commandery  Knights  Templar  of  the  State  of  Illinois 
are  hereby  divided  into  eight  permanent  districts,  to-wit: 

FIRST  DISTRICT. 

Apollo  No.   i,  stationed  at  Chicago. 
Chicago  No.  19,  stationed  at  Chicago. 
St.  Bernard  No.  35,  stationed  at  Chicago. 
Chevalier  Bayard  No.  52,  stationed  at  Chicago. 
Montjoie  No.  53,  stationed  at  Chicago. 
Englewood  No.  59,  stationed  at  Chicago. 
Calumet  No.  62,  stationed  at  Chicago. 
Columbia  No.  63,  stationed  at  Chicago. 
Lincoln  Park  No.  64,  stationed  at  Chicago. 
Mizpah  Commandery  No.  73,  stationed  at  Chicago. 
Woodlawn  No.  76,  stationed  at  Chicago. 

SECOND   DISTRICT. 

Waukegan  No.   12,  stationed  at  Waukegan. 
Sycamore  No.  15,  stationed  at  Sycamore. 
Crusader  No.  17,  stationed  at  Rockford. 
Aurora  No.  22,  stationed  at  Aurora. 
Calvary  No.  25,  stationed  at  Woodstock. 
Bethel  No.  36,  stationed  at  Elgin. 
Siloam  No.  54,  stationed  at  Oak  Park. 
Evanston  No.  58,  stationed  at  Evanston. 
St.  Elmo  No.  65,  stationed  at  Chicago. 
Illinois  No.  y2,  stationed  at  Chicago. 


THIRD    DISTRICT. 

Freeport  No.  7,  stationed  at  Freeport. 
Galesburg  No.  8,  stationed  at  Galesburg. 
Temple  No.  20,  stationed  at  Princeton. 
Dixon  No.  21,  stationed  at  Dixon. 
Bethany  No.  28,  stationed  at  Mendota. 
Galena  No.  40,  stationed  at  Galena. 


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Sterling  No.  57,  stationed  at  Sterling. 
Long  No.  60,  stationed  at  Mt.  Carroll. 
Kewanee  No.  71,  stationed  at  Kewanee. 

FOURTH   DISTRICT. 

Peoria  No.  3,  stationed  at  Peoria. 

Joliet  No.  4,  stationed  at  Joliet. 

Blaney  No.  5,  stationed  at  Morris. 

Ottawa  No.  10,  stationed  at  Ottawa. 

Rock  Island  No.  18,  stationed  at  Rock  Island. 

St.  John  No.  26,  stationed  at  Peru. 

St.  Paul  No.  34,  stationed  at  Fairbury. 

Coeur  de  Leon  No.  43,  stationed  at  El  Paso. 

Streator  No.  70,  stationed  at  Streator. 

FIFTH    DISTRICT. 

Beaumanoir  No.*9,  stationed  at  Decatur. 
Urbana  No.  16,  stationed  at  Urbana. 
Ivanhoe  No.  33,  stationed  at  Kankakee. 
Melita  No.  37,  stationed  at  Tuscola. 
Mt.  Olivet  No.  38,  stationed  at  Paxton. 
Athelstan  No.  45,  stationed  at  Danville. 
Clinton  No.  66,  stationed  at  Clinton. 
Mary  No.  67,  stationed  at  Watseka. 
Champaign  No.  68,  stationed  at  Champaign. 
Gil.  W.  Barnard  No.  74,  stationed  at  Sullivan. 

SIXTH  DISTRICT. 

Elwood  No.  6,  stationed  at  Springfield. 
DeMolay  No.  24,  stationed  at  Bloomington. 
Hospitaler  No.  31,  stationed  at  Jacksonville. 
Mt.  Pulaski  No,  39,  stationed  at  Mt.  Pulaski. 
Damascus  No.  42,  stationed  at  Havana. 
St.  Aldemar  No.  47,  stationed  at  Petersburg. 
Constantine  No.  51.  stationed  at  Lincoln. 
Rushville  No.  56,  stationed  at  Rushville. 


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SEVENTH   DISTRICT. 

Belvidere  No.  2,  stationed  at  Alton. 
Hugh  de  Payens  No.  29,  stationed  at  Carrollton. 
Almoner  No.  32,  stationed  at  Augusta. 
Delta  No.  48,  stationed  at  Clayton. 
Ascalon  No.  49,  stationed  at  Pittsfield. 
Macomb  No.  61,  stationed  at  Macomb. 
Quincy  No.  JJ,  stationed  at  Quincy. 
Inglevere  No.  75,  stationed  at  Carthage. 

EIGHTH   DISTRICT. 

Cairo  No.  13,  stationed  at  Cairo. 

Gorin  No.   14,  stationed  at  Olney. 

Cyrene  No.  23,  stationed  at  Centralia. 

Palestine  No.  27,  stationed  at  Paris. 

St.  Omer  No.  30,  stationed  at  Litchfield. 

Gethsemane  No.  41,  stationed  at  Metropolis. 

Godfrey  de  Bouillon  No.  44,  stationed  at  Mattoon. 

Tancred  No.  50,  stationed  at  Belleville. 

Patton  No.  69,  stationed  at  Mt.  Vernon. 

Sec.  475.  Assigning  Inspection  Officers. — At  or  immedi- 
ately after  the  close  of  each  Annual  Conclave,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Grand  Commandery  to  assign  to  each  district,  by 
General  Orders,  one  of  the  following  Grand  Officers :  The 
Deputy  Grand  Commander,  Grand  Generalissimo,  Grand  Cap- 
tain-General, Grand  Senior  Warden,  Grand  Junior  Warden, 
Grand  Standard  Bearer,  Grand  Sword  Bearer,  and  Grand 
Warder,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officer  so  assigned  to 
inspect  the  Commanderies  in  his  district  not  later  than  June 
30  of  each  year,  directing  the  correction  of  any  omission  or 
errors  that  may  be  found  to  exist,  and  give  such  advice  and 
instruction  as  may  appear  judicious. 

Sec.  476.  Make  Separate  Reports. — Immediately  after  the 
official  visit  to,  and  inspection  of  each  Commandery,  separate 
report  shall  be  made  of  its  condition,  solely  for  the  informa- 


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tion  of  the  Grand  Commander,  to  enable  him  to  correct  any  ir- 
regularities that  may  exist,  to  the  end  of  promoting  the  gen- 
eral welfare  and  best  interests  of  the  Order ;  and  said  reports 
shall  not  be  incorporated  in  the  printed  Proceedings  of  the 
Grand  Commandery. 

Sec.  477.  New  Commanderies  Assigned. — In  the  event  of 
the  issuance  of  a  Dispensation  by  the  Grand  Commander,  he 
shall  assign  some  one  of  the  above  named  Grand  Officers  to 
inspect  the  Commandery,  U.D.,  and  should  a  charter  be 
granted,  he  shall  assign  the  Commandery  to  the  permanent 
district  most  convenient  to  its  location. 

STANDARD  UNIFORM. 

Sec.  478.  Knight  Templar. — The  following  is  the  pre- 
scribed standard  uniform  of  a  Knight  Templar,  and  no  Com- 
panion of  the  Illustrious  Order  of  the  Red  Cross  shall  be  eli- 
gible to  receive  the  Order  of  the  Temple  until  he  has  provided 
himself  with  a  full  uniform  as  is  prescribed  by  this  standard. 
(Sec.  304.) 

FULL   DRESS. 

(1)  Black  regulation  coat,  black  trousers,  black  boots  or 
black  high-cut  shoes,  white  standing  shirt  collar,  black  neck- 
tie, sword,  belt,  baldric,  chapeau,  gloves,  and  shoulder  straps. 

FULL    DRFSS    COAT. 

(2)  Officers  of  the  Grand  Commandery,  Commanders,  and 
Past  Commanders — Shall  wear  a  double-breasted  frock  coat 
of  black  cloth,  with  a  standing  collar  not  less  than  one  inch 
nor  more  than  one  and  one-half  inches  in  height,  to  hook  in 
front  at  the  seam  and  slope  thence  up  and  backward  slightly, 
corners  square,  collar  lined  with  black  velvet ;  the  skirts  to 
extend  from  two-thirds  to  three-fourths  the  distance  from 
the  hipjoint  to  the  bend  of  the  knee  and  to  be  finished  with 
side  edges  that  shall  extend  two-thirds  the  length  of  the  skirt ; 


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there  shall  he  two  rows  of  hlack  uncut  velvet  ball  buttons  on 
the  front,  eleven  in  each  row,  equal  in  distance  one  from  the 
other.  The  distance  between  the  rows  shall  be  five  and  one- 
half  inches  at  the  top  and  four  inches  at  the  bottom,  the  line 
of  buttons  slightly  curved,  making  a  distance  of  about  seven 
inches  between  the  rows  at  the  breast;  four  buttons  on  the 
back  and  skirt  of  coat  (two  at  the  hip  and  one  at  the  lower 
edge  of  each  side  edge.)  The  sleeves  to  be  finished  with  cuffs 
(not  simulated  stitching)  three  and  one-half  inches  deep  and 
three  small  black  uncut  velvet  ball  buttons  at  the  under  seam 
and  with  an  appropriate  cross  in  the  center  of  the  front  of  the 
cuff,  measured  from  top  to  bottom  and  from  side  to  side.  The 
edges  plain,  the  lining  black  throughout  the  body  and  with 
white  in  the  sleeves. 

FOR    OFFICERS    OF    THF    GRAND    COMMANDERY. 

(3)  A  Templar  cross  of  red  silk  velvet  bordered  with  a 
single  row  of  No.  26  gilt  or  gold  bullion  embroidery  three- 
sixteenths  of  an  inch  wide,  with  one  red  stone  set  at  the  in- 
tersection of  the  points  of  said  cross  in  the  center,  the  outside 
measurements  of  said  cross,  including  the  embroidery,  to  be 
one  and  one-half  inches  square. 

(4)  For  Past  Grand  Commanders. — The  same  as  Grand 
Officers,  except  the  field  of  the  crosses  shall  be  purple  velvet 
and  the  stone  set  shall  be  purple. 

(5)  For  Eminent  Commanders  and  Past  Commanders. — A 

Passion  Cross  of  red  silk  velvet,  embroidered  on  each  edge 
with  one  row  of  No.  26  gilt  or  gold  bullion  embroidery  three- 
sixteenths  of  an  inch  wide,  with  rays  between  the  arms  of 
the  cross,  alternately  in  No.  26  and  No.  27  gilt  or  gold  bullion 
embroidery  in  solid  pattern;  said  cross  to  be,  including  em- 
broidery, two  inches  high  ;  cross  arms  to  be  one  and  one-third 
inches  long;  center  of  the  cross  between  the  edges  of  embroid- 
ery to  be  three-sixteenths  of  an  inch  wide. 

(6)  For  Officers  and  Sir  Knights. — Below  the  rank  of  Com- 
mander  the   same   as   Commander,   except  the   coat   shall   be 


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single  breasted,  with  eleven  buttons  on  the  front;  no  orna- 
ments. The  cuff  shall  be  the  same  as  that  above  described, 
except  the  cross  thereon  shall  be  of  red  silk  velvet  of  the 
same  dimensions  as  that  prescribed  for  Commanders  and 
Past  Commanders. 

TROUSERS. 

(7)  To  be  black  broadcloth  or  doeskin,  without  side  stripes 
or  ornamentation  of  any  kind  whatever. 

SWORD. 

(8)  To  be  34  to  40  inches  long,  inclusive  of  scabbard; 
helmet  head;  straight  cross  guard  and  metal  scabbard;  with 
cross  of  proper  grade  one  inch  in  height. 

(9)  For  Grand  Officers. — A  sword  with  gold  plated  scab- 
bard ;  suspended  by  three  metal  rings,  two  at  the  uppermount, 
and  one  at  the  middle  mount ;  a  straight  cross  guard ;  a  helmet 
head;  a  white  ivory  handle  etched  in  black  in  front  with  the 
monogram  of  the  owner,  and  on  the  opposite  side  with  a  Tem- 
plar Cross. 

(10)  For  Commanders  and  Past  Commanders. — The  same, 
except  the  passion  cross  with  rays  in  place  of  the  Templar 
cross. 

(11)  For  Officers  and  Sir  Knights. — Below  the  rank  of 
Commander:  A  white  metal  scabbard,  suspended  by  three 
white  metal  rings,  two  at  the  upper  mount  and  one  at  the  mid- 
dle mount ;  a  straight  cross  guard ;  a  helmet  head ;  a  black 
handle  ornamented  with  white  metal  passion  cross  one  inch  in 
height,  inlaid  flush. 

There  shall  be  no  chain  from  pommel  to  cross  guard  upon 
any  sword  of  either  officers  or  Sir  Knights. 

A  blade  not  to  exceed  nineteen  millimeters  (about  three- 
fourths  of  an  inch)  in  width  with  a  scabbard  of  only  suf- 
ficient width  to  properly  sheath  it. 


24  Statutes  of  the 

BELT. 

(12)  For  Sir  Knights  and  Officers. — Under  the  rank  of  Em- 
inent Commander :  To  be  of  black  enamel  leather,  one  and 
three-fourths  inches  wide,  mounted  with  a  lace  woven  of  sil- 
ver wire  and  black  silk  one  and  five-eighths  inches  wide  with 
colors  in  parallel  stripes,  four  of  silver  and  three  of  black;  the 
black  stripes  to  be  of  equal  width  and  the  silver  stripes  to  be 
five  thirty-seconds  of  an  inch  wide.  The  belt  clasped  with 
silver-plated  belt  plate  of  pattern  hereinafter  described,  and 
to  have  three  slings  of  black  enameled  leather  on  which  to 
hang  sword  each  seven-eighths  of  an  inch  wide,  two  short  and 
one  long,  upon  which  shall  be  mounted  a  lace  of  the  same  ma- 
terial as  that  of  the  belt,  three-fourths  of  an  inch  wide,  con- 
sisting of  two  stripes  of  silver  each  five  thirty-seconds  of  an 
inch  wide,  and  one  of  black. 

The  slings  to  be  suspended  by  silver-plated  clasps  from  a 
leather  strap  fastened  to  the  inside  of  the  belt;  each  sling  to 
have  lengthening  buckles  and  heavy  silver-plated  swivels  at 
the  lower  ends.  On  the  second  sling  at  the  lower  edge  of  the 
belt  to  be  placed  a  silver-plated  rigid  sword  hook. 

The  belt  plate  to  be  two  by  three  inches,  rectangular,  of 
hard  metal  with  one-eighth  inch  polished,  raised,  beveled  edge, 
and  without  ornamentation  except  face  stippled  in  vermicelli 
pattern,  full  finished.  Passion  cross  of  blood-red  hard  enamel 
seven-eighths  of  an  inch  by  one  and  one-quarter  inches  in 
the  center.  The  words  "In  Hoc  Signo  Vinces"  in  black  let- 
ters in  relief  with  polished  face,  to  be  displayed  in  a  semi-circle 
over  the  cross.  The  plate  to  be  attached  to  the  belt  with  the 
French  fastener,  the  return  end  of  belt  to  be  held  in  place  by 
a  sliding  loop  of  black  enameled  leather  one-half  inch  in  width 
mounted  with  one  strip  of  silver  wire  lace  one-quarter  of  an 
inch  wide. 

*  (13)  For  Commanders  and  Past  Commanders. — Same  as 
above,  except  that  all  mountings  shall  be  gold  plated  and  gold 
wire  substituted  for  silver  in  the  lace. 


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(14)  For  Grand  Officers. — Same  as  for  Commanders  and 
Past  Commanders,  except  a  Templar  cross  in  blood-red  hard 
enamel  one  and  one-quarter  inches  square,  in  place  of  passion 
cross. 

BALDRIC. 

(15)  Worn  only  by  Officers  and  Sir  Knights  below  the 
rank  of  Captain-General :  Body  of  baldric  to  be  four  inches 
in  width,  the  center  of  white  moire  antique  silk,  bordered  on 
each  side  with  black  silk  velvet  one  inch  in  width ;  over  the 
seam  where  the  velvet  joins  the  silk  to  be  a  strip  of  silver- 
plated  wire  lace,  three  lignes  in  width  (about  one-fourth  of 
an  inch)  of  vellum  pattern  (No.  1962).  On  the  center  and 
front  of  the  baldric  a  silver-plated  struck-up  star  three  and 
three-fourths  inches  in  diameter  with  nine  beveled  points 
faced  with  burnished  rays ;  a  raised  center  with  passion  cross 
without  rays  thereon,  the  center  of  which  shall  be  filled  with 
red  silk  velvet,  the  cross  to  be  surrounded  by  a  double  circle, 
between  the  lines  of  which  shall  be  the  motto  "In  Hoc  Signo 
Vinces."  To  be  lined  with  green  moire  silk  throughout  its 
entire  width  and  length ;  the  baldric  to  be  closed  so  that  the 
point  of  intersection  shall  be  six  inches  from  the  ends.  The 
shoulder  seam  on  the  outside  of  the  baldric  is  to  be  covered 
on  the  white  moire  silk  only  with  a  piece  of  silver-plated  wire 
lace  nine  lignes  wide,  of  double  edged  pattern  No.  2035.  The 
baldric  is  to  be  worn  from  the  right  shoulder  to  the  left  hip. 

The  wearing  of  a  baldric  in  the  asylum  of  a  Commandery 
shall  be  left  to  the  option  of  each  subordinate  Commandery  in 
this  Grand  Jurisdiction,  unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  Right 
Eminent  Grand  Commander. 

CHAPEAU. 

(16)  For  Sir  Knights. — A  military  chapeau,  trimmed  with 
black  silk  velvet  binding  and  with  two  black  and  one  white 
ostrich  plume,  the  white  plume  uppermost.  Front  and  rear 
peaks  of  chapeau  to  extend  four  and  one-fourth  inches  from 
the  head  ;   side  of  chapeau  to  be  beveled,  being  one  inch  smaller 


26  Statutes  of  the 

at  the  top  than  at  the  head,  and  closed  in  front  with  a  bow  of 
black  silk  velvet  ribbon.  On  the  left  side  a  black  satin  rosette, 
oval  in  shape,  five  inches  in  height  by  four  inches  in  width, 
composed  of  not  less  than  thirty-three  points,  in  single  fold, 
and  four  rows  of  quilling  one-fourth  of  an  inch  in  width,  on 
which  is  laid  a  red  silk  velvet  Passion  Cross  three  inches  high 
by  two  inches  wide. 

(17)  For  Commanders  and  Past  Commanders. — The  same, 
except  the  Passion  Cross  shall  be  bordered  with  No.  26  gilt 
or  gold  bullion  embroidery  one-fourth  of  an  inch  wide,  leav- 
ing the  velvet  exposed  in  the  center  to  the  width  of  three- 
eighths  of  an  inch ;  said  cross  to  have  at  the  points  of  inter- 
section alternate  rays  of  No.  26  and  No.  27  gilt  or  gold  bul- 
lion embroidery  in  solid  pattern. 

(18)  For  Grand  Officrs. — Excepting  the  Grand  Commander, 
the  same,  except  diagonally  across  the  peaks,  both  front  and 
back,  a  band  of  gold-plated  wire  lace  fifteen  lignes  wide,  of 
vellum  pattern  (No.  1962)  ;  in  front,  a  gilt  or  gold-plated 
tassel,  half  round  in  shape,  with  bright  bullions  and  dull  head. 
On  the  rosette  a  Templar  cross  of  red  silk  velvet,  bordered 
with  a  single  row  of  No.  26  gilt  or  gold  bullion  embroidery 
one-fourth  of  an  inch  in  width ;  in  the  center,  at  the  point  of 
intersection,  one  red  stone  set.  Said  cross  to  be  two  and  one- 
half  inches  square,  including  embroidery. 

(19)  For  Grand  Commander. — The  same,  except  diagonally 
across  the  peaks,  both  front  and  back,  a  band  of  black  velvet 
one  and  one-half  inches  wide,  on  which  shall  be  embroidered  a 
pattern  of  laurel  leaves,  and  berries  on  the  stem,  the  leaves  of 
No.  26  gilt  or  gold  bullion,  the  stem  and  berries  of  No.  26  and 
No.  27  gilt  or  gold  bullion  twisted  in  alternate  strands;  the 
band  edged  with  a  rope  pattern  of  embroidery  three  thirty- 
seconds  of  an  inch  wide,  done  in  No.  27  and  26  gilt  or  gold 
bullion,  in  the  ratio  of  three  to  one  strands,  respectively. 

(20)  For  Past  Grand  Commanders. — The  same  as  for 
Grand  Commander,  except  the  field  of  the  cross  shall  be  pur- 
ple velvet  and  the  stone  set  shall  be  purple. 


Grand  Commander  y  of  Illinois.  27 

GLOVES. 

(21)  The  gloves  of  Sir  Knights  to  be  of  buff  lisle  thread; 
for  officers,  Grand  Officers  and  Past  Grand  Commanders,  to 
be  of  buff  kid. 

EMBLEMS. 

(22)  Any  officer  of  the  Commandery  under  the  rank  of 
Captain-General,  is  entitled  to  wear  an  embroidery  in  silver  on 
both  sleeves,  between  the  elbow  and  shoulder,  of  their  full 
dress  uniforms,  designating  the  office  they  respectively  bear. 
Said  embroidery  to  be  two  inches  square.  The  cloth  upon 
which  designation  is  embroidered  shall  be  neatly  stitched  upon 
the  right  and  left  sleeves  of  the  coat  above  the  elbow  one- 
third  of  the  distance  to  the  shoulder,  in  such  position  as  to 
show  squarely  to  the  right  and  left  of  the  wearer  when  stand- 
ing at  position  of  attention. 

(23)  The  emblems  of  the  various  offices  are  as  follows, 
to-wit : 

Prelate. — Three  equilateral  triangles,  one  inch  on  each 
side,  placed  in  triangular  position,  so  their  apexes  meet  at  the 
center;  the  base  of  one  triangle  to  be  up,  and  the  two  lower 
triangles  to  be  so  placed  that  one  of  their  sides  form  a  pro- 
longation for  the  upper  triangle  and  one  of  their  other  sides 
forms  a  parallel  line  in  prolongation  one  with  the  other. 

Senior  Warden. — A  hollow  square,  two  inches  on  each  side, 
of  No.  26  silver-plated  bullion  embroidery,  three-sixteenths  of 
an  inch  wide ;  within  this  square  a  single  cross-hilted  Templar 
sword,  with  pommel  in  lower  left  hand  corner  and  point  in 
upper  right  hand  corner  of  said  hollow  square. 

Junior  Warden. — A  spread  eagle,  with  breast  square  to  the 
front,  holding  in  its  talons  a  flaming  sword,  with  straight 
cross  hilt  point  to  the  right. 

Treasurer. — A  sword  and  key  crossed,  the  sword  being  up- 
permost and  having  its  hilt  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  its 
point  in  the  lower  right  hand  corner;  the  key  placed  under- 


28  Statutes  of  the 

neath  at  right  angles,  the  ward  being  in  the  lower  left  hand 
corner,  turned  to  the  right. 

Recorder. — A  sword  and  pen  crossed,  sword  being  upper- 
most, hilt  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  point  in  the  lower 
right  hand  corner;  pen  of  quill  pattern,  with  under  or  longest 
side  of  feather  turned  to  the  right,  point  resting  in  lower  left 
hand  corner. 

Standard  Bearer. — An  equilateral  triangle  in  outline,  the 
sides  of  which  are  three-sixteenths  of  an  inch  wide,  on  which 
is  laid  a  banner  supported  by  nine  rings  from  a  cross-bar,  the 
bottom  tripartite  and  the  center  containing  a  passion  cross 
embroidered  in  red  silk;  the  banner  to  be  one  and  one-eighth 
inches  wide  and  one  and  three-eighths  inches  long  exclusive 
of  rings;  the  passion  cross  to  be  three-quarters  of  an  inch 
long. 

Sword  Bearer. — An  equilateral  triangle  in  outline,  three- 
sixteenths  of  an  inch  wide;  on  it  laid  two  crossed  swords,  with 
straight  blades  and  cross  hilts;  the  sword  to  the  right  being 
uppermost,  the  points  down,  the  points  extending  one-fourth 
of  an  inch  below  the  triangle,  and  the  cross  hilts  extending 
five-eighths  of  an  inch  beyond  the  sides  of  the  triangle. 

Warder. — Two  crossed  swords  with  straight  blades  and 
cross  hilts,  the  one  to  the  right  being  uppermost;  the  points 
down ;  underneath  the  two  swords  at  the  point  of  intersection 
with  mouth  to  the  left,  a  trumpet  of  straight  design  like  a 
speaking  trumpet. 

Sentinel. — A  sword  and  battle-ax  crossed,  the  sword  up- 
permost, the  hilt  of  the  sword  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner, 
the  point  in  the  lower  right  hand  corner;  the  blade  of  the 
battle-ax  in  the  upper  right  hand  corner  and  turned  inward. 

CLOAK. 

(24)  Cloak  for  all  officers  and  Sir  Knights  shall  be  of 
black  beaver,  kersey,  or  melton,  cut  three-quarters  full,  and 
extending  to  the  tips  of  the  fingers  in  natural  position ;  box 


Grand  Commandery  of  Illinois.  29 

collar,  one  and  one-fourth  inches  stand  and  two  inches  fall  at 
back  of  neck,  increasing  to  two  and  one-half  inches  at  end  of 
collar ;  to  fasten  in  front  with  a  hook  and  eye  at  end  of  collar, 
and  closing  over  breast  with  four  black  prunelle  buttons,  size 
28,  covered  by  a  fly ;  the  .corners  of  collar  and  cloak  to  be  cut 
square,  edges  to  be  finished  plain  or  stitched  raw. 

Officers  to  have  the  insignia  of  their  rank,  either  in  metal 
or  embroidery,  on  the  ends  of  the  collar ;  said  designs  to  be 
three-fourths  of  an  inch  in  height.  jThe  linings  shall  be,  for 
members  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  purple ;  for  officers  of 
the  Grand  Commandery  and  Past  Commanders  of  subordi- 
nate Commanderies,  red ;  for  officers  and  Sir  Knights  of  sub- 
ordinate Commanderies,  black. 

(25)  Crosses. — Appropriate  crosses  will  be  worn  on  the 
left  breast,  the  top  of  the  cross  on  a  level  with  the  arm  pit, 
the  right  edge  of  the  cross  four  inches  from  the  edge  of  the 
cloak,  viz.:  For  the  Grand  Master,  the  Cross  of  Salem  in  pur- 
ple velvet,  four  inches  in  height;  for  officers  of  the  Grand  En- 
campment and  Past  Grand  Commanders  of  Grand  Command- 
ery, the  Patriarchial  Cross,  in  purple  velvet,  four  inches  in 
height;  for  officers  of  the  Grand  Commandery  and  Past  Com- 
manders of  subordinate  Commanderies,  the  Templar  Cross, 
in  red  velvet,  four  inches  square ;  for  officers  and  Sir  Knights 
of  subordinate  Commanderies,  the  Passion  Cross,  in  red  vel- 
vet, four  inches  in  height.  The  collars  for  the  members  of 
the  Grand  Encampment  will  be  of  black  velvet. 

FATIGUE  DRESS. 

(26)  Sack  coat,  black  cloth  cap,  with  appropriate  cross  or 
monogram  in  front,  white  gloves,  sword,  and  belt. 

COAT. 

(27)  For  use  in  council  chamber,  asylum,  drill  purposes, 
and  more  particularly  for  warm  weather,  the  coat  may  be 
made  of  lighter  material  and  is  designated  as  an  undress  coat. 


30  Statutes  of  the 

A — For  Sir  Knights.. — A  single-breasted  sack  coat  of 
black  serge  clotli  or  undressed  worsted ;  standing  collar  from 
ij4  to  XM  inches  in  height  fastened  with  two  hooks  and  eyes; 
coat  to  close  with  seven  twenty-four  line  hard  buttons  with 
an  open  fly ;  slit  not  exceeding  three  inches  for  hooking  up 
sword;  the  skirt  to  extend  from  one-third  to  one-half  the  dis- 
tance from  the  point  of  the  hip  to  the  bend  of  the  knee;  a 
vertical  opening  on  each  side  of  the  hip,  extending  upwards 
six  inches  from  the  bottom.  The  coat  to  be  trimmed  with 
lustrous  black  mohair  braid  \l/\  inches  wide  laid  on  flat,  as 
follows:  Edged  all  around  the  bottom,  the  front  edges,  the 
collar  and  for  six  inches  upward  from  the  bottom  along  both 
side  openings  of  the  skirt.  On  the  collar  the  braid  may  be 
from  1*4  to  1 34  inches  in  width  according  to  the  height  of 
the  wearer.  The  sleeves  to  be  ornamented  with  an  Austrian 
knot,  single  loop,  of  black  mohair  tubular  braid  J4  of  an 
inch  in  width ;  the  braid  to  pass  around  the  sleeve  simulating 
a  cuff  2]/2  inches  deep ;  top  of  the  knot  to  be  9^  inches  from 
the  end  of  the  sleeve.  A  Passion  Cross  of  black  velvet  1^4 
inches  in  height  on  the  center  of  the  cuff.  The  name  or  mon- 
ogram of  the  Commandery  may  be  placed  on  the  right  side 
of  the  collar,  and  its  location  on  the  left ;  to  be  embroidered 
in  gold  bullion,  or  made  of  gold  or  gilt  metal.  Embroidery 
to  be  about  one  inch  from  ends  of  the  collar. 

B — For  Commanders  and  Past  Commanders. — The  same,  ex- 
cept the  Passion  Cross  shall  be  bordered  with  a  single  row  of 
No.  26  gold  bullion  embroidery  l/%  of  an  inch  in  width. 

C — For  Grand  Officers. — Same,  except  a  black  velvet  Tem- 
plar Cross  V/2  inches  square,  bordered  with  a  single  row  of 
No.  26  gold  bullion  embroidery  3^  of  an  inch  wide. 

D — For  Past  Grand  Commanders. — Same,  except  the  Tem- 
plar Cross  shall  be  surmounted  by  a  star  of  five  points,  em- 
broidered in  purple  silk,  the  fifth  point  up.  A  rolling  collar 
is  permitted  for  Past  Grand  Commanders  when  desired. 

Pockets. — There  will  be  no  pockets  on  outside  of  coat. 
Grand   Officers,   Commanders,    Past   Commanders,    Generalis- 


Grand  Commandery  of  Illinois.  31 

simos,    and    Captain   Generals   of    subordinate   Commanderies 
will  wear  shoulder  straps. 

CAPS. 

(28)  Of  black  cloth,. with  soft  crown,  the  diameter  at  the 
top  slightly  less  than  at  the  base,  the  height  from  three  to 
three  and  one-fourth  inches  all  around ;  the  seam  around  the 
top  without  a  welt ;  and  neatly  stitched  on  each  side ;  the  band 
one  inch  wide  with  welts  projecting  one-eighth  of  an  inch  at 
the  top  and  bottom,  the  bottom  welt  one-eighth  of  an  inch 
above  the  base  of  the  cap ;  with  drop  visor  of  black  enamel 
leather,  dark  green  leather  lining,  to  be  of  United  States  army 
pattern,  with  cap  cord  resting  on  the  visor  at  top,  secured  at 
both  ends  by  small  regulation  buttons,  one  on  each  side ;  on 
front  of  cap  the  appropriate  cross  or  monogram.  (As 
amended:  Proc.  Gd.  Commandery,   1902,  pp.  92,  93.) 

Cap  cords  for  officers  below  the  rank  of  Eminent  Com- 
mander and  all  Sir  Knights,  to  be  double  looped  of  one  and 
one-half  lignes  silver-plated  wire  cord. 

For  Commanders  and  Past  Commanders. — A  double  looped 
one  and  one-half  lignes  gilt  or  gold  wire  cord. 

For  Grand  Officers. — No.  18  gilt  or  gold  United  States 
Army  regulation  cap  cord. 

CROSS. 

(29)  For  officers  below  the  rank  of  Captain  General,  and 
all  Sir  Knights  to  be  a  Passion  Cross  of  red  silk  velvet  one 
and  three-fourths  inches  high ;  for  Generalissimo  and  Captain- 
General  the  same,  except  the  cross  shall  be  bordered  with 
one  row  of  No.  26  silver-plated  bullion  three-sixteenths  of  an 
inch  in  width.  For  Commanders  and  Past  Commanders  the 
Passion  Cross  of  red  silk  velvet  two  inches  high  bordered  with 
one  row  of  No.  26  gilt  or  gold  bullion  embroidery  three-six- 
teenths of  an  inch  wide,  the  velvet  to  show  in  the  cross  to 
the  width   nf  three-sixteenths  of  an  incli   and  to  have  at  the 


32  Statutes  of  the 

points   of   intersection   alternate  rays  of   No.   26  and   No.  27 
gilt  or  gold  bullion  embroidery  in  solid  pattern. 

For  Grand  Officers. — A  Templar  Cross  of  red  silk  velvet, 
bordered  with  one  row  of  No.  26  gilt  or  gold  bullion  embroid- 
ery, three-sixteenths  of  an  inch  in  width;  at  the  points  of  in- 
tersection one  red  stone  set;  the  cross  to  be,  including  the 
embroidery,  one  and  one-half  inches  square. 

For  Past  Grand  Commanders. — The  same  as  for  Grand  Of- 
ficers, except  the  field  of  the  cross  shall  be  of  purple  velvet 
and  the  stone  set  shall  be  purple. 

For  Officers. — Below  the  rank  of  Captain-General,  and  all 
Sir  Knights,  a  band  of  black  silk  velours  filling  the  space  be- 
tween the  welts. 

For  Generalissimo  and  Captain-General. — A  band  of  black 
silk  velours  trimmed  on  each  edge  with  one  row  of  three- 
ligne  silver-plated  wire  lace  vellum  pattern  No.   1962. 

For  Grand  Officers,  Commanders  and  Past  Commanders. — A 
band  of  gilt  or  gold  wire  lace,  twelve  lignes  wide,  vellum  pat- 
tern  (No.  1962)  filling  the  space  between  the  welts. 

For  Grand  Commander  and  Past  Grand  Commander. — A 
band  of  black  silk  velvet  one  and  one-fourth  inches  wide,  on 
which  shall  be  embroidered  a  laurel  wreath  of  leaves  and 
berries  on  the  stem;  the  leaves  of  No.  26  gilt  or  .gold  bullion, 
the  stem  and  berries  of  No.  26  and  No.  27  gilt  or  gold  bul- 
lion twisted  in  alternate  strands ;  the  band  edged  with  a  rope 
pattern  of  embroidery  three  thirty-seconds  of  an  inch  wide, 
done  in  No.  26  and  No.  27  gilt  or  gold  bullion  in  the  ratio  of 
three  to  one  strands,  respectively;  the  welts  to  be  of  sufficient 
distance  apart  to  accommodate  this  band. 

The  side  buttons  for  Grand  Officers,  Past  Grand  Com- 
manders, Eminent  Commanders,  and  Past  Commanders,  to  be 
of  gilt  metal,  with  cross  and  crown  and  the  motto,  "In  Hoc 
Signo  Finces;"  for  other  Sir  Knights  of  white  metal  with 
same  emblem. 


Grand  Commandery  of  Illinois.  33 

When  any  Commandery  so  adopts,  the  initials  of  the  Com- 
mandery as  a  monogram  may  be  substituted  for  the  cross. 

Nothing  should  be  placed  upon  the  front  of  the  cap  except 
the  initials  of  the  Commandery  or  the  appropriate  cross ;  coat 
of  arms  thereon  not  permitted. 

gloves. 

(30)  White  lisle  thread. 

SHIRT  COLLAR. 

(31)  To  be  of  white  linen,  closed  in  front,  and  sufficiently 
high  to  show  above  the  coat  collar. 

CROSSES. 

(32)  Sir  Knights,  Commanders,  and  Past  Commanders, 
of  Subordinate  Commanderies  will  wear  the  Passion  Cross. 

Grand  Officers  and  Past  Commanders  the  Templar  Cross. 

The  various  crosses,  as  designated,  to  be  worn  on  the  side 
of  the  chapeau,  and  on  the  scabbard  of  the  sword.  Those  011 
the  chapeau  to  be  three  inches  in  height;  on  the  sword,  one 
inch. 

PRELATE'S  UNIFORM. 

(33)  The  uniform  of  the  Prelate  is  the  same  as  the  other 
officers  of  the  line.  The  robes  for  council  and  asylums  should 
not  be  deviated  from  and  must  not  be  worn  in  any  public  dis- 
play of  the  Order. 

UNIFORM   MUST  BE  WORN. 

(34)  No  member  shall  be  admitted  to  a  conclave  of  his 
Commandery  unless  in  uniform,  which  must  consist  of  at 
least,  belt,  sword,  and  fatigue  cap,  unless  excused  by  vote  of 
his  Commandery,  or  by  his  Commander.  Visiting  Sir  Knights 
mav  be  admitted  without  uniform. 


34  Statutes  of  the 

CHART. 

(35)  The  illustrated  chart  approved  by  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery  is  declared  to  correctly  delineate  and  define  such 
parts  of  the  standard  uniform  as  are  thereon  shown,  and  said 
chart  shall  govern  in  detail  and  be  construed  with  and  as  a 
part  of  these  statutes. 

PRELATES    robes. 

(36)  Note:  The  Prelate's  Robe  is  an  "insignia  of  office"  under 
the  exclusive  control  of  the  Grand  Encampment,  and  its  desig- 
nation has  not  been  relegated  to  the  Grand  Commanderies. 

The  following  is  the  description  of  the  Prelate's  Robe  as  pre- 
scribed by  the  Grand  Encampment  of  1862  : 

"A  full  white  linen  or  muslin  robe,  open  behind,  reaching 
down  within  six  inches  of  the  feet,  fastened  around  the  neck  be- 
low the  cravat,  which  should  be  of  white,  and  having  flowing 
sleeves  reaching  to  the  middle  of  the  hand.  A  white  woolen  cloak, 
lined  with  white,  fastened  around  the  neck,  and  extending  down 
to  the  bottom  of  the  robe;  on  the  left  front,  a  red  velvet  Templar 
Cross,  six  inches  in  width.  A  blue  silk  stole,  reaching  down  in 
front  to  within  six  inches  of  the  bottom  of  the  robe,  and  having  on 
it  three  Templar  Crosses  of  red  silk.  Mitre  of  white  merino,  bord- 
ered with  gold,  lined  with  green,  having  the  red  Templar  Cross 
extended  to  the  edges,  and  surmounted  by  a  Passion  Cross  three 
inches  high.  The  special  badge  of  this  office  is  a  Crozier. "  —  (Proc. 
Gd.  Commandery,  1903,  p.  53. ) 

RED    CROSS    ROBES. 

(37)  There  shall  be  worn  in  the  Jewish  Council  Chamber 
a  High  Priest's  robe,  and  nine  or  more  members'  robes. 

(a)  The  High  Priest's  Robe  shall  be  so  made  as  to  faith- 
fully represent  the  ancient  Jewish  High  Priest's  dress ;  that 
is  to  say,  white  above  the  waist  and  blue  below  the  waist,  ex- 
cept the  extreme  bottom  which  shall  be  white  for  the  distance 
of  eight  to  ten  inches,  with  flounce  or  trimming  of  white  lace ; 
around  the  lower  edge  of  the  blue  fabric  in  the  skirt,  alter- 
nately and  equi-distant  shall  be  twelve  gilt  or  gold  bells,  and 
twelve  knot  or  woven  pomegranates,  three  each  of  the  colors 
blue,  purple,  scarlet  and  white;  an  ephod  representing  gold 
cloth,  trimmed  around  the  edges  with  blue  with  gilt  lace 
thereon,  to   put  on  over  the  head   and  coming  about  twelve 


Grand  Commandery  of  Illinois  35 

inches  below  the  waist  both  front  and  back;  around  the  waist 
over  the  ephod  in  front  and  underneath  it  behind,  to  be  worn 
a  girdle,  about  four  inches  wide,  displaying  the  colors  blue, 
purple,  scarlet  and  white,  woven  or  embroidered;  sleeves  of 
white  with  blue  bands  at  the  wrists.  A  turban  or  mitre  of 
white  with  a  band  of  gilt  wire  lace  fifteen  lignes  wide,  embroid- 
ered on  which  in  red  silk  shall  be  the  Hebrew  characters  that 
were  emblazoned  on  the  front  piece  of  the  mitre  of  the  an- 
cient High  Priest  of  Israel.  Suspended  from  the  neck  by  a 
gilt  chain  shall  be  a  gold-plated  breast  plate  set  with  the 
twelve  stones. 

(b)  The  Members'  Robes  shall  be  of  gray  or  ashen  colored 
material,  made  plain  to  button  in  front  and  fasten  about  the 
waist  with  a  gray  worsted  cord  with  tassel.  A  Jewish  tur- 
ban of  roll  or  twist  pattern,  of  same  material  as  robes,  with- 
out ornamentation. 

For  the  Persian  Audience  Chamber  there  shall  be  seven 
robes  for  the  officers  of  the  Court,  and  not  less  than  three  cos- 
tumes for  Persian  guards  (at  least  seven  guards'  costumes 
should  be  used,  if  possible). 

(a)  For  Sovereign  Master,  an  under  robe  of  red  trimmed 
with  bright  colors  in  embroidery  or  applique  (green,  purple, 
yellow),  Persian  patterns  only;  conspicuously  displayed  a 
blazing  sun.  A  mantle  of  purple,  either  in  solid  color  or  bro- 
cade, trimmed  with  embroidered  or  brocaded  bands  of  bright 
Persian  colors.  A  turban  or  head  dress  (no  metal  crown  )  of 
the  colors  and  materials  used  in  robe. 

(b)  For  Prince  Chancellor,  an  under  robe  of  yellow,  em- 
broidered or  trimmed  in  green  and  red  in  Persian  designs, 
displaying  the  blazing  sun;  a  mantle  of  green  and  red  orna- 
mented in  bright  colors.  A  head-dress  or  turban  of  same  ma- 
terials as  in  robe. 

( c)  For  Prince  Master  of  the  Palace,  an  under  robe  of  green, 
ornamented  in  red  and  yellow ;  a  mantle  of  red,  trimmed  in 


36  Statutes  of  the 

bright  colors   and   displaying  the  blazing   sun.      A  turban   or 
head-dress   of   corresponding  colors. 

(d)  For  Master  of  Finance,  a  robe  of  green,  trimmed  in 
vellow  and  red,  Persian  designs  and  effects,  showing  blazing 
sun ;  a  short  mantle  of  yellow  trimmed  in  green.  A  turban 
or  head-dress  to  correspond. 

(e)  For  Master  of  Dispatches,  same  general  style  as  for 
Master  of  Finance,  except  robe  of  red  trimmed  in  yellow  and 
green,  mantle  of  green.     Head  dress  or  turban  to  correspond. 

(f)  For  Master  of  Calvary,  a  tunic  of  red,  reaching  just 
below  the  knees,  showing  blazing  sun  on  the  breast,  and 
trimmed  in  yellow  and  green.  Leggins  of  gilt  cloth ;  mantle 
of  green  trimmed  with  red.  Turban  or  head  dress  to  cor- 
respond. 

(g)  For  Warden,  a  robe  of  orange  trimmed  in  green  and 
red ;  mantle  of  green  and  red.  Head  dress  or  turban  to  cor- 
respond. 

(h)  For  Persian  Guards,  a  tunic  of  green  trimmed  in  yel- 
low reaching  just  below  the  knees,  and  having  short  sleeves, 
armlets ;  hose  and  strap  sandals,  spears,  shields,  and  round 
Persian  pot  helmet.  Blazing  sun  on  breast  of  tunic  and  on 
shields. 

One  costume  should  differ  slightly  from  the  rest  in  more 
elaborate  ornamentation,  with  addition  of  short  shoulder  man- 
tle, and  should  be  worn  by  person  having  command  of  the 
Guards. 

It  is  recommended  that  all  robes  be  made  to  open  behind. 

candidate's  costume;. 

(38)  There  should  be  used  in  the  work  of  the  several  or- 
ders, the  following  equipment  for  the  candidate : 

Garb  of  Slavery;  Royal  Mantle;  Pilgrim's  Garb;  Pilgrim 
Warrior's    Costume ;    Pilgrim    Penitent's    Costume. 


Grand  Commandery  of  Illinois.  37 

(a)  Garb  of  Slavery.  Of  coarse  material,  light  brown  or 
gray  in  color;  plain  in  make. 

(b)  Royal  Mantle.  A  mantle  of  royal  purple,  lined  with 
red;  made  on  a  yoke,  without  sleeves;  to  reach  to  within  ten 
inches  of  the  floor;  trimmed,  if  desired,  on  face  all  around, 
with  gilt  or  yellow  embroidery. 

(c)  Pilgrim's  Garb.  Of  black  material;  made  on  yoke 
with  plain  cape  reaching  nearly  to  waist;  sash  or  girdle,  of 
same  material  as  rope  or  worsted  cord  with  tassels;  low 
crown,  broad  brim,  black  hat,  turned  up  in  front  and  held  by 
gray  shell ;  scrip  of  light  brown  or  straw-colored  material  with 
straps  of  same  by  which  to  suspend  from  shoulder;  canteen 
covered  with  material  like  scrip,  and  with  strap  of  same  by 
which  to  suspend  from  shoulder.  Strap  sandals,  and  rough 
wooden  staff  complete  the  costume. 

(d)  Pilgrim  Warrior's  Costume.  Of  white,  trimmed  in 
black,  and  with  black  cloak,  made  long  enough  to  avoid  use 
of  leggins;  but  little  ornamentation  and  of  appropriate  char- 
acter. Round  helmet  of  ancient  Templar  pattern  without 
curtain. 

(e)  Pilgrim  Penitent's  Costume.  Of  white  material,  made 
plain,  on  a  yoke,  to  fasten  in  front  with  a  sash  or  girdle  at 
waist,  and  with  red  Passion  Cross  in  center  of  back. 

GUARDS    AND    HERMITS. 

(39)  Jewish  guards  shall  wear  no  portion  of  the  Templar 
uniform ;  Jewish  council  robes  may  be  used  for  this  purpose, 
but  authentic  costumes  of  tunic,  leggins,  and  helmet  are  rec- 
ommended. 

Hermits  shall  wear  a  costume  of  coarse  brown  material, 
fastening  in  front  and  made  with  cape  and  cowl ;  at  the  waist 
a  rope  girdle.  The  costume  is  to  be  worn  with  a  gray  beard 
(not  white)  and  with  the  cowl  pulled  down  over  the  head. 


38  Statutes  of  the 

Sec.  479.  Amendment  of  Statutes,  Mode. — So  much  of 
these  Statutes  and  Regulations  as  are  not  dependent  on  the 
laws  of  the  Grand  Encampment  may  be  altered  or  amended 
at  any  Conclave  of  this  Grand  Commandery,  in  the  follow- 
ing manner,  to-wit:  The  proposed  amendment  shall  be  re- 
duced to  writing  and  referred  to  one  of  the  standing  commit- 
tees, when,  on  the  report  of  said  committee,  the  proposed 
amendment  may  be  adopted  as  reported  by  the  committee  or 
as  modified  by  the  Grand  Commandery,  by  the  consent  of  a 
two-thirds  vote  of  the  members  present. 

Sec.  480.  Decision  of  Grand  Master.  Provided,  however, 
that  any  decision  of  the  Grand  Master,  or  action  of  the  Grand 
Encampment  of  the  United  States,  contravening,  taking  from, 
or  adding  to  any  paragraph,  section,  or  article  of  these  Stat- 
utes and  Regulations  shall  be  binding  on  this  Grand  Com- 
mandery; and  due  notice  of  such  alterations,  amendments,  or 
decisions  shall  be  furnished  to  each  subordinate  Commandery 
by  the  Grand  Commander. 

Sec.  481.  All  laws  heretofore  enacted,  adopted  or  ap- 
proved are  hereby  repealed. 


(i run, I  Commandery  of  Illinois.  39 


ACT  OF  INCORPORATION 

[1  Priv.  Laws  1867,  p.  963] 


AN  ACT  TO  INCORPORATE  THE  GRAND  COMMANDERY  OF  KNIGHTS 

TEMPEAR   AND   APPENDANT  ORDERS   OF   THE 

STATE    OF   1EEINOIS. 

Section  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of 
Illinois,  represented  in  the  General  Assembly,  That  the  Grand 
Commander,  Deputy  Grand  Commander,  Grand  Generalis- 
simo, Grand  Captain-General,  Grand  Treasurer  and  Grand  Re~ 
corder  of  the  Grand  Commandery  of  Knights  Templar  of  the 
State  of  Illinois,  together  with  the  Past  Commanders,  Com- 
manders, Generalissimos,  and  Captains-General  of  the  several 
chartered  commanderies  subordinate  to  said  Grand  Command- 
ery, while  holding  said  offices,  shall  be,  and  the  same  are 
hereby  declared  to  be,  a  body  politic  and  corporate,  by  the 
name,  style,  and  description  of  "The  Grand  Commandery  of 
Knights  Templar  of  the  State  of  Illinois.'' 

Sec.  2.  The  said  corporation,  by  the  name  and  style  afore- 
said, shall  have  full  power  to  sue  and  be  sued,  plead  and  be  im- 
pleaded, prosecute  and  defend  in  all  manner  of  actions  at  law 
or  in  equity,  in  all  places  where  legal  or  equitable  proceedings 
are  had.  The  said  corporation  shall  have  power  to  make  such 
constitution,  by-laws,  rules  and  regulations  for  its  own  gov- 
ernment and  the  management  of  its  concerns  and  government 
of  its  subordinates,  as  shall  be  deemed  advisable,  and  to  alter 
and  amend  the  same  at  pleasure :  Provided,  That  such  con- 
stitution, by-laws,  rules  and  regulations  shall  not  conflict  with 
the  constitution  and  laws  of  this  state  and  of  the  United  States. 

Sec.  3.  The  said  corporation,  by  the  name  and  style  afore- 
said, shall  be  capable  in  law  of  purchasing,  holding,  and  con- 
veying real  and  personal  estate  for  the  benefit  of  said  corpora- 


40  Act  of  Incorporation. 

tion:  Provided,  That  said  corporation  shall  not  at  any  one 
time  hold  personal  or  mixed  property  to  an  amount  exceeding 
one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  nor  real  estate  to  an  amount 
exceeding  two  thousand  acres  of  land. 

Sec.  4.  That  said  corporation  shall  have  power  to  loan 
money  belonging  to  the  same,  and  take  promissory  notes  or 
other  evidences  of  debt  for  money  so  loaned  or  any  property 
sold,  which  may  be  recovered  in  their  corporate  name  afore- 
said, in  all  courts  and  places  where  judicial  proceedings  are 
had. 

Sec.  5.  The  said  corporation  is  also  authorized  to  borrow 
money  in  sums  not  exceeding  one  thousand  dollars  at  any  one 
time,  and  at  a  rate  of  interest  not  exceeding  ten  per  cent  per 
annum. 

Sec.  6.  In  the  management  of  its  business  concerns,  said 
corporation  is  hereby  authorized  to  appoint  such  agents,  offi- 
cers, and  attorneys  for  that  purpose,  as  from  time  to  time  it 
may  be  deemed  proper. 

Sec  7.  Each  subordinate  commandery  under  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  aforesaid  Grand  Commandery,  now  in  existence,  or 
which  may  hereafter  be  chartered  by  the  same,  is  hereby  also 
declared  to  be  a  body  politic  and  corporate,  by  and  under  the 
name,  style  and  number  set  forth  in  their  respective  charters, 
and  by  such  designation  they  may  respectively  sue  and  be  sued, 
plead  and  be  impleaded,  prosecute  and  defend  against  all  suits 
arising  in  law  or  chancery,  in  all  the  courts  of  this  state.  The 
said  subordinate  commanderies  respectively,  shall  be  capable  in 
law  of  purchasing,  holding,  or  receiving  by  purchase,  gift,  or 
otherwise,  and  of  selling  and  conveying  real  and  personal  es- 
tate for  the  benefit  of  said  subordinate  commanderies,  re- 
spectively. 

Sec.  8.  So  far  as  applicable,  the  provisions  of  sections 
four  (4),  five  (5)  and  six  (6)  of  this  act  shall  be  applicable 
to  each  of  said  subordinate  commanderies. 


Grand  Commandery  of  Illinois.  41 

Sec.  9.  In  case  any  subordinate  commandery  shall  cease 
to  exist,  all  its  properties,  records,  and  franchises  shall  vest  in 
the  Grand  Commandery  aforesaid. 

Sec.  10.  This  act  shall  be  held  and  deemed  a  public  act 
and  shall  be  liberally  construed  by  all  courts  for  the  benefits 
of  said  corporation. 

Sue.  11.  This  act  to  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage. 

William  Bross, 
President  of  the  Senate. 

Franklin  Corwin, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 

Approved  March  7,  1867. 
Richard  J.  OglEsby,  Governor. 

Attest :  Sharon  Tinsdale,  Secretary  of  State. 


42  Fornix. 


FORMS  OF  GRAND  COMMANDERY 


That  the  following-  forms  used  by  Subordinate  Com- 
manderies  shall  to  insure  uniformity  and  correctness  be 
ordered  from  the  Grand  Recorder. — Resolution  adopted 
1896. 


PETITION   FOR   THE   ORDERS. 

To  the  Commander,  Generalissimo,  Captain-General  and  Sir  Knights 

of Commandery  No ,  Knights  Templar: 

The    undersigned    represents    that   he   received    the   degree  of 

Master  Mason  in Lodge  No ,  under  the  jurisdiction 

of  the  Grand  Lodge  of ,  and  the  degree  of  Royal  Arch 

Mason   in Chapter  No ,   under   the  jurisdiction  of 

the  Grand  Chapter  of ,  and  that  he  is  at  the  present 

time  a  member  of Lodge  No ,  under  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  Grand  Lodge  of ,  and   Chapter 

No ,  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Grand  Chapter  of ; 

that  he  is  a  firm  believer  in  the  Christian  religion,  and  that  he 

has been  rejected  (by Commandery  of , 

on  the  day  of  ,  19 . . . . ) ;  that  he  is  desirous  of  re- 
ceiving the  Orders  of  Knighthood  conferred  in  your  Commandery, 
and  if  found  worthy,  promises  to  conform  to  the  ancient  usages 
and  customs  of  the  Order. 

He  was  born  on  the day  of ,  A.  D ,  in  the 

State   of His   place  of  residence   is His 

occupation  is  that  of That  he  has  read  this  petition 

and  that  he  has  personally  signed  his  full  name  thereto. 

Dated 

(Sign  your  name  in  full.) 
We  vouch  for  the  good  character  and  Masonic  standing  of  the 
petitioner  and  recommend  his  admission, 


Grand  Commandcry  of  Illinois.  43 


FILING   FOR   PETITION    FOR   ORDERS. 

Petition  for  the  Orders  in   Commandery  No. 

K.   T.   Corap Petition   Rec'd 

Report  Due    


Referred  to 
Sir  Knights 


Balloted    on    And    Applicant. 

R.   C K.   T 


PETITION  FOR  MEMBERSHIP. 

To  the  Eminent  Commander,  Generalissimo,  Captain-General,  and 
Sir  Knights  of  Commandery  No K.T.,  Sta- 
tioned at  ,  111. 

The  petition  of  the  undersigned  respectfully  represents: 
That  he  is  a  Companion  of  the  Illustrious  Order  of  the  Red 

Cross;  a  Knight  of  the  Valiant  and  Magnanimous  Order  of  Knights 

Templar,  and  one  of  the  Knights  of  Malta  or  Order  of  St.  John  of 

Jerusalem,  late   a  member   of    Commandery  No sta- 

•  tioned  at as  will  appear  by  the  accompanying  certificate. 

The   undersigned   represents    that   he   received    the    degree    of 

Master  Mason  in Lodge  No ,  located  at 

and  the  degree  of  Royal  Arch  Mason  in 

Chapter  No ,  located  at  

He  therefore  prays  that  he  may  be  admitted  to  membership  in 

your  commandery,  if,  on  inquiry,  he  should  be  found  worthy. 

I  was  born  on  the day  of A.  D in  the 

of  Occupation Residence 

I  am  at  present  a  member  of 

Lodge  No ,  at   and  of 

Chapter  No ,   at 


Sign  your  name  in  full. 


Recommended  by  Sir  Knights: 


44  Forms. 

FILING    FOR   PETITION   FOR   MEMBERSHIP. 

Petition  for  membership  in Commandery  No. 

K.T.     Sir  Knight   Petition  received 

Report  due 

Committee: 
Sir  Knights: 


Balloted  on   and 


DIMIT. 

"In  Hoc  Signo  Vinces." 

To  all  Sir  Knights  of  the  Valiant  and  Magnanimous  Order  of 
Knights  Templar,  to  whom  these  Presents  may  Come — Greet- 
ing: 

This  is  to  certify 

That  Sir  Knight whose  name  appears 

in  the  margin  of  this  Dimit,  is  a  Knight  Templar,  and  was  a 

member  in  good   standing  of   Commandery 

No ,  stationed  at   and  free  from 

all  charges  on  the  books,  and  has  regularly  dimitted  from 
5  said  Commandery,  and  we  do  courteously  commend  him  to 
£  the  fraternal  regard  of  all  Valiant  and  Magnanimous  Sir 
-     Knights  wherever  dispersed. 

^  In  testimony  whereof  we  have  hereunto  set 

our    hands    and    caused    the    seal    of    our 

Commandery  to  be  affixed,  this 

day  of   in  the  year  of  Our 

Seal.  Lord,  1 and  of  our  Order 


Attest: 


Recorder.  E.  C. 


Grand  Commandery  of  Illinois.  45 

SECOND  OR   FINAL  NOTICE   TO   PAY  DUES. 

Asylum  of  Commandery  No 

Knights  Templar    Illinois    19 .  .  . 

Sir  Knight 

Having  neglected  to  respond  to  a  former  notice  addressed  to 
your  last  known  residence,  requesting  payment  of  commandery 
dues  amounting  to  $......   this  is  to  notify  you  to  appear  at  said 

commandery  at  its  stated  conclave  to  be  held 19. . . 

and  show  cause  why  you  should  not  be  suspended 
for  non-payment  of  said  dues,  pursuant  to  the  Stat- 
utes  and  Regulations  of  the  Grand   Commandery, 
governing  such  cases. 
(Seal.) 


Recorder. 


FORM  OF  CERTIFICATE  FOR  PROXY. 

To  the  Grand  Commandery  of  the  State  of  Illinois: 

This  is  to  certify,  That  in  consideration  of  the  confidence  I  re- 
pose in  the  courtesy  and  magnanimity  of  our  valiant  Sir  Knight 

I  have   nominated   and   appointed,   and   by  these 

presents  do  nominate  and  appoint  the  said  Sir  Knight 

to  be  my  proxy  in  the  Grand  Commandery  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
and  then  and  there  to  represent  me,  and  to  do  every  act  and  thing 
agreeably  to  the  Statutes  and  Regulations  of  the  Grand  Command- 
ery as  fully  and  completely  as  I  could  do  were  I  personally  present. 

Witness  my  hand  and  seal  this day  of A.   D. 

19 ,  and  of  the  Order  7 

(L.  S.)  E.  Commander, 

(or)    Generalissimo, 
(or)    Captain-General. 


FORM  OF  A  PETITION  FOR  DISPENSATION. 

To  R.E.  Sir Grand  Commander  of  the  Grand  Command- 
ery of  the  State  of  Illinois: 

The  undersigned  Knights  Templar  in  good  standing,  having 
the  prosperity  of  Freemasonry  and  Order  of  Knights  Templar  at 
heart,  and  that  fuller  opportunity  for  the  same  may  be  afforded  us, 


46  Forms. 

are  desirous  of  forming  a  commandery  at  to  be  named 

Commandery. 

We,  therefore,  with  the  approbation  and  recommendation  of 
(the  requisite  commanderies,  naming  them)  respect- 
fully and   courteously  pray  for  a  dispensation   empowering  us  to 

meet  as  a  regular  commandery  at in  the  county  of 

on  the in  every  month,  there  to  discharge  the  duties  of 

Knights  Templar  in  a  constitutional  manner,  agreeably  to  the  orig- 
inal forms  of  the  Order  and  the  Statutes  and  Regulations  of  the 
Grand  Commandery  and  of  the  Grand  Encampment  of  the  United 
States. 

We  do  nominate  and  recommend  Sir to  be  the  first 

commander,  Sir to  be  the  first  generalissimo,  Sir 

to  be  the  first  captain-general  of  said  commandery. 

The  prayer  of  this  petition  being  granted,  the  undersigned 
promise  a  strict  obedience  to  the  commands  of  the  R.E.  Grand 
Commander  and  the  Statutes  and  Regulations  of  the  Grand  Com- 
mandery. 

(Signatures.) 


Grand  Commander y  of  Illinois.  47 


ADVISORY  BY-LAWS 

FOR 

SUBORDINATE  COMMANDERIES 


ADOPTED  1911 


ARTICLE  I.     Of  the  Commandery. 

Section  1.     Name  of  the  Commandery. — This  Commandery 

shall  be  known  and  styled  as Commandery  No. , 

Knights  Templar,  stationed  at  ,  111. 

Sec.  2.  Of  Whom  Consist. — This  Commandery  shall  con- 
sist of  an  Eminent  Commander,  Generalissimo,  Captain-Gen- 
eral, Senior  Warden,  Junior  Warden,  Prelate,  Treasurer,  Re- 
corder, Standard  Bearer,  Sword  Bearer,  Warder,  Sentinel, 
and  as  many  members  as  may  be  found  convenient  for  work 
and  discipline. 

ARTICLE  II.     Of  Conclaves. 

Section  1.  Annual  Conclave,  When  Held. — The  Annual 
Conclave  of  this  Commandery  shall  be  held  on  the  first  stated 
Conclave  in  lune  of  each  vear. 

Sec.  2.  Stated  Conclave,  When  Held.— The  Stated  Con- 
claves of  this  commandery  shall  be  held  on  the  and 

— — — —  of  each  month  at  —  p.  m.,   for  the  transaction  of 
business. 

Sec.  3.  Order  of  Business. — The  order  of  business  at  stated 
conclaves  shall  be  as  follows : 

i.  Reading  of  records. 

2.  Receiving  and  referring  petitions. 


48  Advisory  By-Laws. 

3.  Reports  of  committees  on  petitions. 

4.  Balloting. 

5.  Unfinished  business. 

6.  New  business. 

7.  Work. 

8.  Reading  of  minutes. 

Sec.  4.  Special  Conclaves,  When  Held. — Special  Conclaves 
may  be  held  at  such  times  as  the  Eminent  Commander  shall 
designate.     . 

ARTICLE  III.    Of  Officers. 

Section  1.  Who  Elected  by  Ballot.— The  first  eight  officers 
named  in  Sec.  2,  of  Art.  1,  and  the  five  trustees  named  in  this 
article,  shall  be  elected  by  ballot  at  the  annual  conclaves. 

Sec.  2.  Who  Appointed. — Prior  to  his  installation  the  Emi- 
nent Commander  shall  appoint  the  remaining  four  officers. 

Sec.  3.  When  Installed. — The  above  Officers  shall  be  in- 
stalled as  soon  after  election  as  practicable,  but  within  one 
month  succeeding  such  election. 

Sec.  4.  Duties  of  Officers. — The  duties  of  the  Officers  shall 
be  such  as  the  traditions,  statutes,  and  regulations  of  the  Or- 
der have  established. 

Sec.  5.  Treasurer  and  Recorder. — The  Treasurer  and  Re- 
corder shall  make  and  place  their  annual  reports  in  the  hands 
of  the  board  of  trustees  at  least  one  week  prior  to  the  an- 
nual conclave. 

Sec.  6.  Board  of  Trustees.— There  shall  be  elected  by  bal- 
lot at  the  annual  conclave  a  board  of  five  trustees,  members 
of  this  commandery. 

Sec.  7.  Duty  of  Trustees. — The  Board  of  Trustees  shall 
examine  and  report  upon  the  annual  reports  of  the  treasurer 
and  recorder  at  the  annual  conclave,  and  all  bills  and  claims 
against  the  commandery  shall  be  audited  by  this  board,  and  by 
them  be  presented  to  the  commandery,  and  at  such  times  as  the 


Grand  Commandery  of  Illinois.  49 

Eminent  Commandery  may  direct;  and  at  the  close  of  their 
term  of  office,  making  such  financial  recommendations  to  the 
commandery  as  in  their  judgment  is  for  the  interest  of  the 
body.  This  board  shall  also  have  general  supervision  of  the 
finances  of  the  commandery,  making  such  reports  thereon  as 
the  exigencies  of  the  case  may  require,  or,  as  directed  by  the 
commandery. 

ARTICLE  IV.     Oe  Fees,  Dues  and  Membership. 

Section  1.     Fee  for   Conferring  the  Orders. — The  fee  for 

conferring  the  Orders  shall  be dollars ; dol- 
lars for  the  Order  of  the  Red  Cross,  and dollars  for 

the  Order  of  the  Temple,  which  shall  in  all  cases  be  paid  be- 
fore the  Illustrious  Order  of  the  Red  Cross  is  conferred. 

Sec.  2.  Applicant  Not  Presenting  Himself. — Any  applicant 
having  been  elected  to  receive  the  Orders  of  Knighthood,  and 
failing  to  present  himself  for  said  Orders  for  the  space  of  six 
months,  shall  forfeit  said  election  and  can  only  be  received  by 
a  new  petition.* 

Sec.  3.     Fee   for  Membership. — The   fee    for   membership 

shall  be  dollars,  which  shall  accompany  the  petition, 

and  should  the  applicant  be  rejected,  it  shall  be  returned  to 
him. 

Sec.  4.  Member-Elect  Sign  By-Laws. — Any  Sir  Knight 
having  been  elected  to  membership,  who  shall  not  appear  in 
the  Asylum  and  sign  these  By-Laws  within  twelve  months, 
forfeits  said  election,  together  with  the  fee  accompanying  his 
application. 

Sec.  5.  Annual  Dues,  When  Payable. — Every  member  of 
this  commandery,  except  life  and  honorary  members,  shall  pay 
to  the  recorder  annually  the  sum  of  dollars,  pay- 
able on  or  before  the  annual  conclave. 

Sec.  6.  How  Become  Life  Member. — Any  member  of  this 
commandery  not  indebted   for  dues  or  otherwise,  may,  upon 


*Stats   Gd.  Enc,  Title  XXXIX,  sec.  1. 


50  Advisory  By-Laws. 

application  at  any  stated  conclave,  and  by  vote  of  the  members 
present,  become  a  life  member,  by  paying  into  the  treasury 

thereof  the  sum  of  (not  less  than  fifty  dollars)  

dollars,  thereby  retaining  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of  active 
membership :  Provided,  however,  that  he  shall  remain,  as 
heretofore,  subject  to  all  the  Statutes  and  Regulations  of  the 
Order,  and  in  case  of  expulsion,  shall  forfeit  the  sum  so  paid 
for,  and  all  the  privileges  of  said  life  membership. 

Sec.  7.  Life  Membership  Fund. — The  funds  arising  from 
life  membership  shall  constitute  a  "Life  Membership  Fund," 
to  be  kept  intact  under  the  charge  of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
and  securely  invested  by  them,  and  only  the  interest  thereof 
may  be  used  from  time  to  time. 

Sec.  8.  Honorary  Membership. — This  Commandery  may 
elect  Sir  Knights  of  other  Templar  bodies  to  honorary  mem- 
bership. Such  election,  however,  does  not  confer  the  right  to 
vote,  nor  any  rank  or  standing  therein,  but  is  merely  compli- 
mentary. 

ARTICLE  V.    Of  Petitions. 

Section  1.  When  Received  and  Balloted  Upon. — Every  pe- 
tion  for  the  Orders  or  for  Membership  shall  be  recommended 
by  two  members  of  this  Commandery.  Such  petition  must  be 
presented  at  a  stated  conclave,  when  it  shall  be  referred  to  a 
committee  of  three,  who  may  report  at  the  next  stated  con- 
clave, the  character  of  which  report,  whether  favorable  or  un- 
favorable, shall  not  be  of  record ;  but  no  ballot  can  be  had 
until  the  expiration  of  two  weeks  from  the  date  of  presenta- 
tion, and  then  only  at  a  stated  conclave. 

Sec.  2.  Having  Been  Rejected,  When  Renewed. — The  pe- 
tition of  one  who  has  been  rejected,  cannot  be  renewed  until 
at  least  six  months  after  such  rejection. 

Sec.  3.  Objection  Made,  After  Elected. — Objections  to  a 
petitioner  who  has  been  elected  to  receive  the  Orders  of 
Knighthood,    made   before    receiving   the    Order   of    the    Red 


Grand  Commander y  of  Illinois.  51 

Cross,  shall  have  the  same  force  as  a  rejection  of  his  appli- 
cation. 

ARTICLE  VI.     Of  Dimits. 

Section  1.  When  Granted. — A  dimit  shall  be  granted  to 
any  member  (excepting  the  first  three  officers)  without  a  vote 
of  the  commandery,  upon  a  request  made  in  open  commandery 
at  a  stated  conclave;  Provided,  his  dues  shall  have  been  paid, 
and  no  charges  are  pending  against  him. 

ARTICLE  VII.    Of  Equipments. 

Section  1.  The  Uniform. — The  Uniform  of  this  Com- 
mandery is  that  prescribed  by  the  Grand  Commandery  of  the 
State,  and  every  Sir  Knight  shall  equip  himself  before  receiv- 
ing the  Order  of  the  Temple. 

Equipment  Inspected. — Every  Sir  Knight  shall  submit  his 
equipments  to  the  Captain-General  for  his  inspection  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  see  that  they  conform  to  the  required  reg- 
ulations. 

ARTICLE  VIII.    Of  Discipline. 

Section  1.  When  in  Arrears  for  Dues. — The  formalities  of 
written  charges  may  be  dispensed  with,  and  proceedings  as 
described  herewith  shall  be  deemed  due  notice  and  fair  trial 
for  the  offense  of  non-payment  of  dues. 

Mode  of  Procedure. — Any  Sir  Knight  who  may  be  in  ar- 
rears to  a  commandery,  according  to  the  provisions  of  its  by- 
laws, shall  be  notified  thereof,  in  writing,  by  the  recorder,  with 
a  request  for  the  payment  of  the  same,  at  or  before  some  sub- 
sequent conclave  of  the  commandery;  and  if  said  Sir  Knight 
neglect  or  refuse  to  make  answer  to  such  notice,  at  or  before 
the  time  designated  therein,  he  shall  be  notified,  in  person  if 
possible,  to  appear  at  such  subsequent  stated  conclave  as  may 
be  deemed  proper,  and  show  cause  why  he  should  not  be  sus- 
pended for  non-payment  of  dues.  If  his  whereabouts  be  un- 
known, a  written  notice  shall  be  addressed  to  him  at  his  last 
known  place  of  residence.     This  shall  be  deemed  due  notice, 


52  Advisory  By-Laivs. 

and  the  commandery  may  proceed  without  his  presence.  When 
any  Sir  Knight  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  answer  the  notices 
prescribed  above,  his  delinquency  may  be  communicated  to  the 
commandery  at  any  stated  conclave  thereof,  which  facts,  to- 
gether with  the  commandery  records  showing  his  indebtedness, 
shall  be  deemed  ample  proof  of  the  delinquency.  If  the  Sir 
Knight  be  present,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  such  pleas  as  he  may 
deem  proper,  after  which  he  shall  retire,  and  upon  such  evi- 
dence a  vote  may  be  taken  upon  a  motion  to  suspend  the  de- 
linquent member  indefinitely.  A  vote  of  a  majority  of  the 
members  present  at  a  stated  conclave  shall  be  necessary  to 
fix  such  penalty.     This  shall  be  deemed  fair  trial. 

No  Dues  While  Suspended. — No  dues  shall  accrue  against  a 
Sir  Knight  during  the  term  of  his  suspension,  either  from 
lodge,  chapter,  or  commandery. 

Sec.  2.  Charges  Preferred,  to  be  in  Writing. — When  charges 
are  preferred  against  a  member,  they  shall  be  in  writing,  and 
such  action  had  thereon  as  the  Statutes,  Rules  and  Regulations 
of  the  Grand  Encampment  and  Grand  Commandery  direct. 

Sec.  3.     Notice  Given  of  Expulsion  or  Suspension. — If  a 

member  be  expelled  or  suspended  from  this  commandery,  no- 
tice shall  be  given  thereof  to  the  Grand  Commandery,  and 
such  other  Templar  bodies  as  the  nature  of  the  case  may 
require. 

ARTICLE  IX.    Oe  Amendments. 

Section  1.  How  Accomplished. — No  amendment  can  be 
made  to  the  subject  matter  of  these  by-laws,  but  only  to  those 
portions  left  blank. 

Sec.  2.  When  to  be  Approved. — Amendments  as  above 
stated  must  be  offered  at  a  stated  conclave,  and  no  action  can 
be  had  thereon  until  the  succeeding  stated  conclave;  and  ev- 
ery amendment  will  require  the  consent  of  a  majority  of  the 
members  present  for  its  adoption,  and  shall  not  become  effect- 
ive until  approved  by  the  Grand  Commander  or  Grand  Com- 
mandery. 


INDEX  TO  CONSTITUTION  AND  STATUTES  OF  THE  GRAND 

ENCAMPMENT  AND  THE  GRAND  COMMANDERY 

OF  KNIGHTS  TEMPLAR*  OF  ILLINOIS 


SECTION* 

Absence  of  Council  Officers,  Who  presides    27 

Absentees,  Rights  of   192 

Act    of  Incorporation    39 

Adjourn    123 

Advisory    By-Laws    47 

Affiliation  in   Lodge  and   Chapter,   Necessary   to   Membership.    188 

Allegiance,    of    Subordinate    Commanderies    98-155 

Amendments  to  Constitution  of  Grand  Encampment, 

How  made    121 

Of  Statutes,  Mode    479 

To   By-laws    126 

Annual  Conclave .401 

Appeal,  From  decision  of  Chair  in  Grand  Encampment   55 

From  Decision  of   Commander   99 

In   Grand   Commanderies    90-91 

Appearance,  in  Public  156,  157,  158 

Appointment,    Certificate    of   as   Proxy 403 

Appropriations,    Proposed 417 

Assessments,  Appeal  from   118 

Majority   Vote   to   Determine 434 

Right  to  Levy   117 

Assigning  Inspection   Officers 475 

Asylum,   May  be   Moved    159 

Of    New   Commandery    269 

Attendance   on   Grand  Encampment 423 

Authority    to    Visit    and    Preside    17,  26 

Ballot,  All  Must  Vote  Unless  Excused   129 

Cannot  be   Taken   Until   Report   of   Committee    132 

Must  be   Secret    130 

Reasons   for   Casting  Black  Ball  Cannot  be  Inquired  Into  130 

Separate,    on    Each   Petition 465 

Unfavorable    Report   Does    Not   Dispense    with    133 

When   Reballot  Allowed    131 

Bond,    Of    Grand   Recorder    40 

Of   Grand    Treasurer    33 

Of  Recorder  of  Subordinate  Commanderies    108 

*Index  to  Statutes  of  Grand  Commandery  set  in  Hal  c. 


54  Index 

section 

Of   Treasurer   of    Subordinate    Commanderies    108 

Officers    449 

Burial,  Limited  to  Knights  Templar  in  Good  Standing 127 

Ritual  to  be  Used    127 

By-laws,  Grand  Commandery  May  Enact   124 

Amendments  to 126 

.  Ipproval    442 

Approved   by    125 

Of   New  Commandery 270 

Who  May  Sign    468 

Candidates,   Of   Another   Commandery    128 

Not    Proceeding  After   Election    139 

When  Charges    Preferred,   Cannot   Proceed    144 

When   Election    Void    13Q 

When   Entitled   to   Receive   Orders    142 

Captain    General,    Duty    of 102 

May    Not   Resign    197 

Certificate   of  Appointment  as  Proxy    403 

Charges,   Must  be   Preferred   to   Prevent   Conferring   Orders....    143 

May  be  Withdrawn    146 

When    Preferred,    Remaining    Orders    Cannot    be    Con- 
ferred       144 

Charter, 

Commandery   Cannot   be    Constituted   Without    162 

If    Lost    or    Destroyed    167 

How  Restored    165 

If    Surrendered,    Cannot    be    Used    for    New    Command- 
ery       165 

Must    be    Present    at    Conclaves    160 

Names   in    ; 461 

Surrender    of    163 

Chartered  Commandery,  powers  of    430 

Changing  Place  of  Meeting   443 

Cities  with    Two   Commanderies    452 

Coat  of  Arms   427,  433 

Commander,    Duties    of    101-102 

May    Not   Resign    197 

Must  Preside  at  Meetings    445 

Commandery,  Subordinate, 

Allegiance   of    98-155 

Appeal   to    99 

By-laws,  Must  be  Approved   125 

By-laws    Changed 126 


Index  55 

SECTION 

Cannot  be  Named  After  Living  Person   463 

Close    168 

Committees  of    169 

Conclaves     3°3 

Conclaves    of     96-97 

Confer  Orders   for  Another  Commandery   128 

Conferring  Order    of   Temple    304 

Dues  of   Members    173 

Entering  Another   Jurisdiction    177 

Extinct   214,  215,  216,  217 

Failing  to   Meet    178 

How    Formed    93 

Inspection   Districts    474 

Itinerant    267 

Jurisdiction   of    183,    184,    185 

May   Elect    Honorary   Members    179 

May  Fix   Fee  for   Orders    134 

May  Remove  Asylum    159 

May   Require   Uniform   at   Conclaves    303 

May  Require  Uniform  Before  Conferring  Order  of  Tem- 
ple       304 

Minutes   Read    194 

Mounted     268 

New     269-286 

New    456 

Of  Whom   Composed    94 

Outside    of    United    States     240 

Petitions  for  the  Orders  Must  be  Read  in   464 

Rank   of   Officers    195 

Seal    of    198 

Special   Election   in no 

Stated   Conclaves   of    171 

Summons    by    199-200-201 

Tenure   of   Office   in    100 

Titles  of  Officers   95 

When   May  Appear   in    Public    156 

Where   Conclaves   Held    170 

Who  Are  Members  of    193 

Who  May  Install  Officers  of   180 

Who    Represents    44 

Commandery,  Under  Dispensation,  Commence  Work   272 

Cannot    be    Constituted    273 

Membership    in    277 


56  Index 

SECTION 

Officers   May  Resign    282 

Petitioners    for 27S 

Petitioners    May    Withdraw     279 

Powers   of    281 

Status    of    Initiates    283 

Term    of    Officers    284 

Unfinished    Work 285 

Committees  of  Grand  Encampment,  How  Provided  for 56 

On    Templar    Jurisprudence    231 

On    Finance     232 

On  Acts  of  Grand   Officers    233 

On    Dispensations    and    Charters    234 

On    Grievances    235 

On    Foreign    Relations    236 

On  Time  and  Place  of  Next  Conclave   237 

On    Unfinished    Business    238 

On    Printing    239 

•  Standing    228 

Committees    of   Grand   Commandery,   standing    404 

How    Appointed    404 

Committees,   of    Subordinate    Commandery    169 

Communications  in  Envelopes   439 

Compensation   of  Grand  Recorder    42S 

Complaints,    To    Whom    Addressed    206 

Conclaves,    Of    Grand    Commanderies    61 

Annual  401 

Of    Grand    Encampment    47 

Of   Subordinate   Commanderies    96-97 

On   Sunday    454 

Where    Held    170 

Confer  Orders   for  Another  Commandery    128 

Conferring  Order  of  Red  Cross  469 

Consolidation  of  Grand   Commanderies    92 

Correspondence,    Between    Commanderies    of    Different    Jurisdic- 
tions     204,    205 

Between    Commandery   and    its   Members    450 

Constitution  of  Grand   Commandery,  Power  to  Adopt 63 

Constitution  of  Grand  Encampment,   How  Amended    121 

Constitute  New  Commandery,  Who  May   6,  64 

Contingent  Fund,  Of  Grand  Master  and  Grand  Recorder. 54,  241,  242 

Credential  Committee,   When   Appointed    230 

Who  Appoints    230 

Debate.     No  Member  of  Grand  Encampment  to  Speak  but  Once.  263 


Index  57 

SECTION 

Decision   of   Grand  Master    4$° 

Decisions,   How   Applied    for    207 

Of  Grand  Master  or  Grand   Commander    208 

Demit.     How   Obtained   T72 

Deputy  Grand  Commander.     Duties  of    76 

Deputy  Grand  Master.     Powers  and  Duties    24 

Disciplinary  Rules   Page  68 

Discipline.      Rules    Shall    be    Observed    209 

Offenses   against   the   Order   471 

Dispensation,   Consent  Required   45$ 

Application   for   Consent    459 

Drill,    Templar    440 

Of  Grand  Commandery  4-9,  448 

Dispensations.     Fee   for    258 

Of  Indispensable  Number    19 

Refusal  of,   for   New   Commandery    280 

Who    May   Issue    5-19-71 

Dues.     To  Commandery 173 

Non-Payment  of   472 

Notice  Shall  be  Given   47? 

Not  Paid    41$ 

Remission  of,  when 473 

To  Grand  Encampment    n,  259 

To   Grand  Commandery    416 

Duties  of  Officers, 

Of   Grand   Master 14,    15,    16,    17,    18,   19,  20,   21,  22,   23 

Of  Deputy  Grand  Master    24 

Of   Grand   Generalissimo    25,   26,   27 

Of    Grand    Captain    General    25,    26,    27 

Of   Grand   Treasurer    28,  29,   30,   31,  32,  33 

Of   Grand   Recorder    34,   35,   36,   37,   38,  39,   40 

Of    Grand    Commanderies     70,    85 

Of    Remaining   Officers    41 

Duties  of  Standing  Committees   405 

Charters  and  Dispensations    413 

Correspondence    • 409 

Credentials    410 

Finance    406 

Grand   Commander's  Address    411 

Grievances  and  Offenses    112 

Make  Due  Reports  on  Matters  Referred    414 

Mileage   and  Per  Diem    407 

Printing    414 


58  Index 

section 

Templar   Jurisprudence    403 

Templar  Dead    408 

Election    of    Candidates.     When   Void    139 

Election  of  Grand  Commandery  Officers   431 

Election  of  Officers.     In  All  Templar  Bodies   210 

Grand  Encampment 42,   243 

Blanks,    Not   Votes   in    211 

No    Nominations    at    212 

Eligibility   to    213 

Eligibility  to  Orders,  Who  are  Eligible   113 

Eligibility  to  Office,  In  Grand  Commandery   87 

In    Grand   Encampment    43 

Emblems 455,  4-6 

Use   of  prohibited    455,   456 

Exhibition,    Public    440 

Extinct   Commandery,    Certificate   of   Membership    in    217 

Funds   and   Property   of    216 

Members   May  Join   Another   Commandery    215 

Members  of    Not  Liable   for   Dues    214 

Failing,    To    Meet    178 

Fee  for  Orders.     Cannot  be   Remitted    119 

Grand    Commandery   May   Fix   Minimum    134 

Minimum    119 

Must  be   Paid  Before  Red   Cross  is   Conferred    134 

Who  Eligible  467 

Finance   Committee  of   Grand    Encampment    232 

Finances.     All  Funds  to  be  Remitted  to  Grand  Recorder   244 

Of   Grand    Commanderies    65 

Of   Grand   Encampment    1 1-12 

Foreign    Knights    152 

Forms   of  Grand   Commandery    42 

Funds  of  Grand  Encampment,  To  Whom  Paid    244 

Funeral   Services    127 

Generalissimo,  Duty  of   102 

May   Not  Resign    197 

Good   Standing,   How   Restored    295-6 

Not  Affected  by  Arrest  of   Charter   164 

Grand   Captain    General,   Of   Grand   Encampment, 

Duties  of   25,  26,  27 

Grand  Captain  of  the  Guard,   Need  Not  be  Member   43 

Grand    Commanders,    Approve    By-laws    125 

May  Issue  Patent  to  Representatives   422 

May  Summon   Accounting   Officer    420 


Index  59 

SECTION 

Must  Attend  All  Conclaves  of  Grand  Encampment   423 

Poivers  During  Recess   421 

Power   and   Duties    to    7°-75 

Prerogatives    4*9 

Grand  Commanderies.     Adjourn    123 

Conclaves    of 61 

Continuance    of     219 

Delinquent   to   be   Reported    245 

Dissolution    of 220 

Duties    of    Officers     70-85 

Enact    By-laws    124 

How    Formed    57 

Jurisdiction    of    58 

May    Appoint    Committees    218 

May  Fix  Fee  for  Orders    134 

May   Fix   Dues    176 

Membership    Cannot    be    Enlarged    222 

Membership   is   Not   Affected   by   Residence 224 

Of  Whom   Composed    59 

Organization    of    225  \ 

Power   and    Duties   of    62-69 

Power  to   Heal    ." 136 

Representatives   Between    227 

Representation    by    Proxy    89 

Right   of    Membership    in    Forfeiture    223 

Titles   of  Officers    60 

Who  Installs   Officers  of    221 

Who   May   Install    180 

Grand  Encampment,  Committees  of   56.  228-239 

Adj  ourn    123 

Deputy   Grand    Master    24 

Election  of  Officers  243 

Grand  Master   14,   15,   16,  17,  18,   19,  20,  21,  22,  23 

Honorary  Titles  of  Officers    46 

Installation    of    Officers 252   253,    254 

Jurisdiction    3 

Name    1 

No  Member  to  Speak  but  Once    263 

Of  Whom  Composed    2 

Permanent    Funds     49 

Powers  and  Duties   5,  6,  7,  8,  g,  10 

'  Power    to    Heal    136 

Questions    Determined     4 


60  Index 

section 

Reading  of  Journal    260 

Reports  of  Grand   Officers    261 

Revenue   Finances    11,   258,   259 

Rules  of  Order   56 

Seal    264 

Special    Conclave    , . .     48 

Stated    Conclave     47 

Supervise    Finances .     13 

Tenure    of    Officers    13 

Who    May    Install    252 

Grand   Generalissimo  and  Grand   Captain   General    jy 

Grand  Generalissimo,  Duties  of,  Grand   Encampment 25,  26,  27 

Grand  Master,  Appeal   from  Ruling  of    55 

Approve   By-laws    127 

Contingent    Fund    54-241 

Honorary    Title    46 

Powers   and   Duties    14-23 

Grand    Officers,    To    Remit    Money    244 

Grand  Prelate,  Need  Not.  be  Member   43 

Grand  Recorder  of  Grand  Commandery,  Duties  of    "9-83 

Grand   Recorder,   Grand   Encampment    

Bond    of    40 

Contingent    Fund    54,    242 

Duties   of    34-39 

Duties    of     245,    251 

Examine    Accounts     9 

Grand  Recorder  of  Grand  Commandery,  Duties  of  79-83 

Compensation     , 42& 

Duties  of   4*6 

Keep  Copy  of  Coat  of  Anns  and  Seals  427 

Grand   Treasurer,   Grand   Commandery    78 

Duties  of   425 

Shall  deliver  books,  etc.,   to  successor   425 

Grand   Treasurer,   Grand   Encampment, 

Accounts  When  Rendered   31 

Bond    of    33 

Duties    of    28-33 

Examine    Accounts    9 

Grievances,   Committee  on,  Grand   Encampment    235 

Healing.     Consists   of    135 

Power    of    136 

Who   Cannot   be   Healed    137 


Index  61 

SECTION 

Honorary  Membership,  Commandery  May  Elect  to    179 

Who  May  be  Elected  to    2    (F) 

Honorary  Titles  of,   Grand  Commandery   Officers    60 

Grand    Encampment   Officers    46 

Indian   Territory,   Grand   Commandery   of    58 

Inside   Organization 441 

Inspection   Districts    474 

Inspecting    Officers 

Assignment  of 475 

Make  Separate  Reports   476 

New  Commanderies  Assigned    477 

Installation.      Cannot   be   by    Proxy    266 

Of    Officers   of    Grand   Encampment    252-3-4 

Public     182 

When   Not  Necessary   265 

Who    May    Install    180 

Installing  Officers,  Duties   of    181 

Itinerant   Commandery 267 

Jewel,   Of   Past  Grand  Master    255 

Journal,   Reading  of    260 

Jurisdiction,    Of    Commanderies    183-4-5 

Concurrent    437 

Of  Grand  Commandery   58 

Of    Grand    Encampment    3 

Over    Material    154 

Non-Resident    of    ■ 138 

Territorial    43& 

When    Commandery   Enters   Another    177 

Jurisprudence,  Templar.     Duties  of  Committee  on   231 

Majority  to  Govern    88 

Majority   Vote 4 

Malta,  Order  of    US 

Membership,   Honorary    2    (F) 

In   Commandery,   How  Terminated    172 

Life 186 

Of  Grand  Commanderies    59 

Of    Grand    Encampment     2 

Admission   to    Regardless    of    Residence    190 

Affiliation  in  Lodge  and  Chapter  Necessary 188-9 

Cannot   be   Held   in    Two   Commanderies    187 

In  Grand  Commandery   222-3-4 

Non-Affiliation   Forfeits   in    Grand   Encampment    256 

Qualification    for    igi 


62  Index 

section 

Right    of     192 

Mileage  and  Per  Diem,  who  paid   415 

Shall  receive  but  one  allowance  of   416 

Minutes,  Of  Commandery  Read 194 

Become  records 435 

Mounted   Commandery    268 

Name  of  Grand  Encampment 1 

New    Business,   When   Acted   On    262 

New   Commanderies.     Asylum    269 

By-laws    270 

Commence   Work    272 

Consent   Required    t 458 

Constitution    of    273-276 

Membership    277 

Must  be  two  new  in   Jurisdictions 457 

Officers    of    271 

Petitioners    for    278-9 

Powers    of    281 

Power  to   Constitute    6 

Resignation    of    Officers    282 

Status    of    Initiates     283 

Terms   of   Officers    284 

Unfinished  Work    285 

Non- Affiliation.     Forfeits    Membership    256 

Notice  of  Conclave,  Of  Triennial   38 

Who    Shall   Issue    3^ 

Of    Special    38.   48 

When    Issued     38 

Notices,  newspaper  453 

Objection.      From    a    Visiting    Sir    Knight    145 

When    Withdrawn    141 

Who    May   Make    140 

Offenses 471 

Officers'  Bonds  449 

Officers.      Election    of    42 

Eligibility    of     43 

Of  Grand   Encampment    2 

Succession  of   24,  25,   26,  27 

Tenure    of   Office    13 

Term   of  Office  of    42 

Vow     116 

Who    Can   Vote    for 44.   45 

Office.     Eligibility   to    87 


Index  63 

SECTION 

Officers  of   Grand  Commandery.     When   Office  Vacated    120 

Officers   of   Subordinate  Commandery.     Who  Are   94 

Official  Reports.     Who  Examines 7 

Official  Title    400 

Oklahoma.     Grand  Commandery  of    58 

Orders.     Cannot  be   Conferred  When  Charges   Are   Made    144 

Entitled  to  Receive    142 

Fee    for    119 

Must   Prefer   Charges   to    Prevent    143 

Objection  to   Confer    140 

Of  Grand  Commander  read  451 

Order   of    Succession    115 

Qualification    for    113 

Qualification   Not   Changed    114 

Order  of  Malta   115 

Parade.     Grand  Encampment  Will  Not  Unite  in    257 

Past   Commanders,   Standing   if   Dimitted    286 

Seniority    of    Service    287 

Past  Grand  Master,  Jewel  of   255 

Penalty  for  Giving  Information  to  Petitioner  466 

Permanent   Fund.      Bond    for   Treasurer    53 

Loans   of    50 

Of  Grand  Encampment  49 

Trustees  of    49 

Petitions  for  Orders  of  Membership, 

Jurisdiction    on    138 

Ballot   on,    Must   be   Unanimous    and   Secret    130 

Of    One    Rejected 154 

Only   One    to    Sign    149 

Qualifications    of    Foreigner    152 

Renewal  of   470 

Report  on 147 

To    Contain    148 

When   Received   and   When   Acted   Upon    in 

When  Withdrawn    15: 

Who   Recommends    150 

Who   Shall   Ballot  on    I2q 

Petition   for   New    Commandery    278 

Place  of  Meeting,  change  of  443 

Powers  and  Duties  of  Grand  Encampment, 

Adopt   Statutes    8 

Examine    Accounts    of    Officers    9 


64  Index 

section 

Exclusive    Power     6 

Of  Deputy  Grand  Master   24 

Of  Grand  Master 14,  15,  16,  17,  18,  19,  20,  21,  22,  23 

Review    Reports     7 

To    Grant    Dispensations    5 

To    Grant    Warrants    5 

Powers    and   Duties   of   Grand    Commandery 62-69 

Prerogative  of  Grand  Commander    419 

Printing,    Committee    on    > 229A 

Proxy.      Representation    by    89 

Representation  by   402 

Who   May  be  Represented  by    44,  45 

Who  May  be  Represented   402 

Qualification,   Of   Officers  of   Grand   Commandery    87 

Of  Officers  of   Grand   Encampment    43 

Qualification  for  Orders    113 

Cannot  be  Changed    114 

Of   Foreign   Knights    1 5- 

Physical     153 

Questions    Determined.      Majority    Vote     4 

Quorum.     Absence  of    289 

In    All    Templar    Bodies    288 

Rank.      Of    Commanderies    226 

Of    Officers     195 

Of    Past   Officers    290 

Reading   of   Journal    260 

Reception,    Of    Officers    196 

Recommendation   to   Form  New   Commandery    460 

Recorder.     Duties  of    , 105-6-7 

Give  Bond   108 

Red  Cross  Order, 

May  be    Communicated  to   Foreign  Knights    152 

May  be  Conferred  on  Only   One  Candidate  at  a   Time...  469 

Rejected  Petitions.     When  May  be  Renewed    154 

Remission   of  Dues    472 

Repeal.     Of   Constitution    122 

Of   Laws    311 

Reports,  Of  Officers  of  Grand  Encampment   261 

Representation  by   Proxy    89 

Representatives,    Between    Grand   Commanderies    227 

Resignation.     Who  May   Not  Resign    197 

Restoration.     To   Good   Standing 295-6 

Returns    444,  446 


Index  65 

SECTION 

Revenues.     Of  Grand  Encampment    n,  258-9 

Hotv  Derived    416 

Of  Grand  Commandery    416 

Ritual,    Grand    Encampment    Only    Can   Alter    292 

Rules  of  Order,   How   Provided  for    56 

When  Presiding  Officer  Wishes  Debate  to  Close   293 

Seal  of  Grand  Encampment.     Description  of   264 

Of    Commandery    198 

Of  Subordinate   Commandery    432 

Who   Has  Charge   37 

Shoulder   Straps,  Who   Shall   Wear    309 

Speak  but   Once    263 

Special  Conclave,  Of  Grand  Commanderies    61 

Of   Grand   Encampment    48 

Of    Subordinate    Commanderies     97 

Special  Election.      In    Subordinate   Commandery    no 

Sojourners.      Jurisdiction    Over    185 

Not    Eligible   to    Petition    112 

Standards  of  the  Order    294 

Standard    Uniform    478 

Stated  Conclaves.     Of   Subordinate  Commandery   96,   171 

Of    Grand    Encampment    47 

Of  Grand  Commandery    62 

Standing    Committees    228 

Consist    of    229 

When    Appointed    229 

Standing  Committees,  ditties  of   104-414 

Standing   of   a    Knight    Templar 295-301 

Statutes.     Power  to   Adopt    8 

Subordinate  Commanderies, 

Allegiance    of    98 

Appeal 99 

By-laws   Approved    125 

By-laws    Changed     126 

Conclaves    of     96,    97 

Confers    Orders    for    Other    Commanderies    128 

How    Formed    93 

May  Fix  Fee   for  Order    134 

Of    Whom    Composed    94 

Special    Election     no 

Tenure   of    Office   in    100 

Titles    of    Officers    95 

Who    Represents    44 


gg  Index 

section 

Succession  by  Seniority   4?4 

Succession   in  Office,   In   Grand    Encampment    24,   25 

In   Grand   Commanderies    ■ 76,    77 

In    Subordinate    Commanderies    103,    109 

Summons.     By  Commandery   199,  200,  201 

Sunday  Conclave   454 

Suspension.     By   Lodge,   Certificate    Filed    300,   301 

Effect    of 297 

For   N.    P.   D 174.    175 

Restoration    from     295-6 

When   by    Grand    Lodge    298 

Templar  Drill 440 

Templar  Jurisprudence.     Duties   of   Committee    on    231 

Tenure  of  Office.     Of  Grand  Encampment  Officers   13 

Of   Grand   Commandery   Officers    86 

Of    Subordinate    Commandery     100 

Titles.     Officers  of   Grand   Commandery    60 

Grand    Encampment    Officers,    Honorary    46 

Official   400 

Transactions.     Members  Have   Right  to  Know  All    192 

Treasurer.     Duties   of    I04 

Give    Bond     108 

Trial.     Action  by  Lodge  or  Chapter  Does  Not  Obviate   299 

Triennial  Conclaves.     Of  Grand  Encampment    47 

Trustees  of  per.  Fund,  Grand  Encampment, 

Compensation   of    51 

Report  of 52 

Who  Are 40 

I '.  D.  Commandery,  officers  in  4°"2 

Uniform,  Commandery  May  Require  at  Conclaves    303 

Commandery    May    Require    Uniform    Before    Conferring 

Order   of    Temple    304 

Each    Grand    Commandery    to    Prescribe    302 

Knights    Templar    47$ 

Of    Companions    of   Red    Cross    306 

Of    Commanderies    Under    Grand    Encampment    305 

Of   Knights   of    Malta 307 

Of   Past   Grand    Officers    308 

Who  Shall  Wear  Shoulder  Straps    309 

When  Obligatory  478  (32) 

Vacancy    in    Office    no 

Vacancy  in   Office,   Grand  Encampment,   How  filled 15 

Visitors.     Must  be  Examined    202 


Index  C)7 

section 

Cannot    be    Admitted    if    Objections    203 

Vote.      Casting    4.    310 

Maj  ority     4 

Qualifications    for    310 

Vow  of  Office  116 

Waiver,  Hozv  Granted    43$ 

Warrant.     Who    May    Issue    5.    21 

Who  May  Preside  447 

Withdrawal   of   Petition    151 


INDEX  TO  DISCIPLINARY  RULES 
See  Pages  68-82  Inclusive 


RULE 

Appeal    ■ XXV 

Appellant  May  be   Admitted   to  Argiie  Case    XXV 

Grand  Encampment  or  Grand  Commandery  May  Mod- 
ify     XXV 

If   on   Appeal,   Restored   to   Good    Standing  Only    XXV 

No   Record  if   No    XXVII 

When    Accused    May    XXV 

Accused,  After  Penalty  Decided  Upon,  May  be  Admitted  to 

Asylum     XXIII 

If    Residence    is    Unknown    XI 

In  Arrest  for  Violations  of  Laws  of  the  Land   XVIII 

May  Appoint  Counsel,  Who  Must  be  a  Knight  Templar. XIV 

May   Have    Change   of   Venue    XVI 

Must  Give   Notice   to  Commander  on  Appeal    XXV 

Notice    to     XI 

To  be  Furnished   with   Copy  of  Charges  and  Specifica- 
tions     XI 

Accuser    XVII 

Any   Affiliated   Knight    Templar   May    Prefer   Charges..  IX 

Appointment    of    Commissioner    VIII 

Authority  of  Commandery, 

Over   Residents    in    Its    Jurisdiction    I 

Over    Sojourners    I 

Ballot,  On  Each  Charge  and  Specification    XXII 

On  Question  of  Guilt,   How   Taken    XXII 

Three-fourths   Necessary  to   Convict    XXII 

Who  Announces   XXII 

Change  of  Venue   XVI 

But    One    Change    XVI 

Charges,  Against  One  in  Arrest  for  Violation  of  the  Laws 

of  the  Land    XVIII 

Any    Affiliated    Knight    Templar    May    Prefer    IX 

Charges  and  Specifications, 

Accused  to   be   Furnished   with   Copy  of    XI 

Form    of     .'.XI 

May   be    Withdrawn    X 

Commander,  To   Appoint   Commission   to  Take   Evidence XIX 

Impeachment    of    VIII 


Index  69 

RULE 

Commandery,    Cannot    Try    Presiding    Officer    VII 

Duty    of,    Where    Act    is    Committed    Ill 

May   Appoint    Counsel    for   the   Defense    XIV 

May    Consent    to    Withdrawal    of   Charges    X 

May   Try   Presiding   Officer  After   Term   of   Office    ....VII 

Member    of,    in    Another    State    IV 

Must    Appoint    Prosecutor     XIV 

Neglecting    or    Refusing    to    Proceed    VI 

Unknown     V 

Where    Membership    Held    not    Taking   Action    Ill 

Commission,    To    Take    Evidence    XIX 

Appointment    of     VIII 

Commissioner,    Duty    of    VIII 

Companion,  Of  the  Red  Cross, 

Amenable   to    Commandery   Where   Act   is    Committed.  .II 
Consent  of  Commandery,  To  Withdrawal  of  Charges  Nec- 
essary     X 

Day   of    Trial XIII 

Default,  Judgment  by,   Shall   Not  be  Taken    XXXIII 

Derelict    Com  m andery    VI 

Duty  of  Commandery,  Where  Act  is  Committed   Ill 

Duty  of  Grand  Commander,  When  Commander  is  Impeached. VII I 
Duty  of  Grand  Master  When   Commander  is   Impeached. .  .VIII 

Expulsion,  Recorder  to  Notify  Grand  Recorder  XXVII 

Evidence,  How  Taken    XIX 

Must  be  Reduced  to  Writing  and   Signed    XIX 

Of  Essential  Witnesses  May  be  Taken  XVIII 

Of   others    Than    Knights   Templar    XVI 

Grand  Officer, 

Duty   of,    if   He   Has   Knowledge   of   Offense    VT 

If   Called   to   Preside,   to   be    Paid    Actual    Expenses.  ..  .XX 

Grand   Recorder,    Notice    Sent    Through    IV 

Guilty,   Plea   of,   Effect   of XV 

Impeachment   of    Grand    Officer    XXXII 

Judgment  by   Default,  Shall   Not  be  Taken    XXXIII 

Judgment  Reversed,  Effect   of    XXV 

Members  Amenable  to  Commandery  Where  Act  is  Committed.  II 
Member   of    Another   Commandery   in    Same   Jurisdiction    ....III 

Of  a  Commandery  in  Another  State   IV 

Minutes,  What    Shall   be   Recorded    XXXI 

New    Trial    XXIV 

NON-AFFrLIATES       II 

Notice   to   Accused XI 


70  Index 

rule 

Past  Commander,  May   Preside   XXI 

Plea   of   Guilty,   Effect    of    XV 

Penalty    XXIII 

Majority    May   Fix    XXIII 

Presides   at   Trial,   Who    XXI 

Presiding    Officer    VII 

May  be  Tried  After  Term   of   Office   Expires    VII 

Prosecution    and    Defense    XIV 

Record,   Commander   Neglecting  or   Refusing   to   Furnish. ..  .XXVI 

On  Appeal,    Sent  to  Grand    Recorder    XXVI 

Commander    to    Inspect    XXVI 

Restoration,   From    Indefinite    Suspension    XXVIII 

Only  on    Petition    XXVIII 

Vote   Required    for    XXVIII 

Suspended   Templars    II 

Suspension,  When   Effective    XXVIII 

Trial,  Cannot  be  Tried  Twice  for  Same  Act    XXX 

Day    of    XIII 

In  Grand  Encampment  of  Grand  Commandery    XXXII 

May   Continue   Until   Another   Day    XIII 

New XXIV 

No    Publicity    of    XXIX 

Procedure   at    XXII 

Twice  in  Jeopardy   XXX 

Unknown   Commandery    V 


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